diff --git a/next.config.ts b/next.config.ts
index cd6c0be..3e1d9c9 100644
--- a/next.config.ts
+++ b/next.config.ts
@@ -13,10 +13,15 @@ const nextConfig: NextConfig = {
   // route. Send it (and every nested path under it) to the matching
   // /explore URL so deep links keep working when someone fat-fingers
   // or copies from a referrer that included the "r".
+  //
+  // /universal-links is the old path for the universal links landing
+  // page; it now lives at the shorter /links. The old URL still works
+  // by redirecting so existing shares and bookmarks don't break.
   async redirects() {
     return [
       { source: '/explorer', destination: '/explore', permanent: true },
       { source: '/explorer/:path*', destination: '/explore/:path*', permanent: true },
+      { source: '/universal-links', destination: '/links', permanent: true },
     ];
   },
 };
diff --git a/src/app/universal-links/page.tsx b/src/app/links/page.tsx
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/universal-links/page.tsx
rename to src/app/links/page.tsx
diff --git a/src/components/Header.tsx b/src/components/Header.tsx
index af4cfaf..3855a2a 100644
--- a/src/components/Header.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Header.tsx
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ export default function Header({ simple = false, compact = false }: HeaderProps)
                   <Download size={16} />
                   <span>extension</span>
                 </Link>
-                <Link href="/universal-links" className="compact-nav-link">
+                <Link href="/links" className="compact-nav-link">
                   <Compass size={16} />
                   <span>universal links</span>
                 </Link>
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ export default function Header({ simple = false, compact = false }: HeaderProps)
             <span>extension</span>
           </Link>
           <span style={{ color: 'var(--text-tertiary)', fontSize: '0.75rem' }}>·</span>
-          <Link href="/universal-links" className="nav-link">
+          <Link href="/links" className="nav-link">
             <Compass size={14} />
             <span>universal links</span>
           </Link>
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ export default function Header({ simple = false, compact = false }: HeaderProps)
           <span>extension</span>
         </Link>
         <span style={{ color: 'var(--text-tertiary)', fontSize: '0.875rem' }}>·</span>
-        <Link href="/universal-links" className="nav-link">
+        <Link href="/links" className="nav-link">
           <Compass size={16} />
           <span>universal links</span>
         </Link>
diff --git a/src/components/account/tabs/AboutTab.tsx b/src/components/account/tabs/AboutTab.tsx
index c08f45d..3bd447c 100644
--- a/src/components/account/tabs/AboutTab.tsx
+++ b/src/components/account/tabs/AboutTab.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const LINKS: { label: string; href: string; icon?: React.ReactNode }[] = [
   },
   {
     label: 'Universal links',
-    href: '/universal-links',
+    href: '/links',
   },
   {
     label: 'Terms & privacy',
diff --git a/src/components/landing/CrossLinkCards.tsx b/src/components/landing/CrossLinkCards.tsx
index de21ed1..07890ad 100644
--- a/src/components/landing/CrossLinkCards.tsx
+++ b/src/components/landing/CrossLinkCards.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ type Card = {
 const CARDS: Card[] = [
   {
     key: 'universal-links',
-    href: '/universal-links',
+    href: '/links',
     icon: <Compass size={18} />,
     title: 'Universal links',
     body: 'Share aturi.to/handle/collection/rkey. Visitors choose which Atmosphere app opens it.',
diff --git a/src/components/landing/RecordTypesGrid.tsx b/src/components/landing/RecordTypesGrid.tsx
index 7025344..745a883 100644
--- a/src/components/landing/RecordTypesGrid.tsx
+++ b/src/components/landing/RecordTypesGrid.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-'use client';
-
-import Link from 'next/link';
 import {
   BookOpen,
   Camera,
@@ -18,7 +15,6 @@ type RecordType = {
   label: string;
   collection: string;
   example: string;
-  href: string;
 };
 
 const TYPES: RecordType[] = [
@@ -27,63 +23,54 @@ const TYPES: RecordType[] = [
     label: 'Posts',
     collection: 'app.bsky.feed.post',
     example: 'aturi.to/profile/handle/post/<rkey>',
-    href: '/profile/aturi.to',
   },
   {
     icon: <User size={16} />,
     label: 'Profiles',
     collection: 'app.bsky.actor.profile',
     example: 'aturi.to/profile/handle',
-    href: '/profile/aturi.to',
   },
   {
     icon: <List size={16} />,
     label: 'Lists',
     collection: 'app.bsky.graph.list',
     example: 'aturi.to/profile/handle/app.bsky.graph.list/<rkey>',
-    href: '/profile/aturi.to',
   },
   {
     icon: <Rss size={16} />,
     label: 'Feeds',
     collection: 'app.bsky.feed.generator',
     example: 'aturi.to/profile/handle/app.bsky.feed.generator/<rkey>',
-    href: '/profile/aturi.to',
   },
   {
     icon: <FileText size={16} />,
     label: 'Documents',
     collection: 'pub.leaflet.document',
     example: 'aturi.to/profile/handle/pub.leaflet.document/<rkey>',
-    href: '/profile/aturi.to',
   },
   {
     icon: <GitBranch size={16} />,
     label: 'Repositories',
     collection: 'sh.tangled.repo',
     example: 'aturi.to/profile/handle/sh.tangled.repo/<rkey>',
-    href: '/profile/aturi.to',
   },
   {
     icon: <Camera size={16} />,
     label: 'Photo galleries',
     collection: 'social.grain.gallery',
     example: 'aturi.to/profile/handle/social.grain.gallery/<rkey>',
-    href: '/profile/aturi.to',
   },
   {
     icon: <Highlighter size={16} />,
     label: 'Annotations',
     collection: 'at.margin.annotation',
     example: 'aturi.to/profile/handle/at.margin.annotation/<rkey>',
-    href: '/profile/aturi.to',
   },
   {
     icon: <BookOpen size={16} />,
     label: 'Any other lexicon',
     collection: 'collection.nsid',
     example: 'aturi.to/profile/handle/<collection>/<rkey>',
-    href: '/explore',
   },
 ];
 
@@ -92,6 +79,10 @@ const TYPES: RecordType[] = [
  * Communicates breadth without forcing the visitor to skim a long
  * categorized list — each tile names a record type, its lexicon NSID,
  * and what a universal link to one looks like.
+ *
+ * These tiles are illustrative reference, not navigation — the example
+ * URLs use placeholder `handle`/`<rkey>` segments that don't resolve to
+ * anything, so the cards are plain (non-interactive) elements.
  */
 export default function RecordTypesGrid() {
   return (
@@ -103,9 +94,8 @@ export default function RecordTypesGrid() {
       }}
     >
       {TYPES.map((t) => (
-        <Link
+        <div
           key={t.collection}
-          href={t.href}
           style={{
             display: 'flex',
             flexDirection: 'column',
@@ -113,17 +103,7 @@ export default function RecordTypesGrid() {
             padding: '1rem',
             background: 'var(--bg-secondary)',
             border: '1px solid var(--border-medium)',
-            textDecoration: 'none',
             color: 'var(--text-primary)',
-            transition: 'border-color 0.2s ease, background 0.2s ease',
-          }}
-          onMouseEnter={(e) => {
-            e.currentTarget.style.borderColor = 'var(--text-accent)';
-            e.currentTarget.style.background = 'var(--bg-tertiary)';
-          }}
-          onMouseLeave={(e) => {
-            e.currentTarget.style.borderColor = 'var(--border-medium)';
-            e.currentTarget.style.background = 'var(--bg-secondary)';
           }}
         >
           <div
@@ -169,7 +149,7 @@ export default function RecordTypesGrid() {
           >
             {t.example}
           </div>
-        </Link>
+        </div>
       ))}
     </div>
   );