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{{trope|wppage=Inline linking}}
[[File:nohots.png|frame|You heard the image. Don't do it.]]
An item on one web-service that is requested by another web-service, usually an image. This isn't when an image is actually a [[pothole]]d link; their image is displayed inline on your web page.
This is not only impolite (it eats up your victim's bandwidth), it's almost always a really bad idea. A '''Hot Linked''' item may have been removed by the original host (this is a big problem with [[YouTube]] links). The original host can be undergoing a performance problem. The original host may have changed its linking policy. The original host may be ''gone.'' The original host may have substituted a ''different'' (and often obscene) image for the one at that URL ... The list of possible badness goes on and on.
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