Methods, systems, and computer program products for characterizing links to resources that are not activated are disclosed. According to one aspect, a page is presented via a user interface of a client device, the page including a link to a resource accessible via a network through activation of the link. The client device determines whether the link on the page is not activated. The link is characterized based on at least one of information associated with the link, the resource, and the page responsive to determining that the link is not activated.