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 <a href="https://gohugo.io/"><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gohugoio/gohugoioTheme/master/static/images/hugo-logo-wide.svg?sanitize=true" alt="Hugo" width="565"></a>
 
-A Fast and Flexible Static Site Generator built with love by [bep](https://github.com/bep), [spf13](https://spf13.com/) and [friends](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/graphs/contributors) in [Go][].
+A Fast and Flexible Static Site Generator built with love by [bep](https://github.com/bep), [spf13](https://spf13.com/) and [friends](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/graphs/contributors) in [Go](https://go.dev/).
 
 [Website](https://gohugo.io) |
 [Forum](https://discourse.gohugo.io) |
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 ## Overview
 
-Hugo is a static HTML and CSS website generator written in [Go][].
+Hugo is a static HTML and CSS website generator written in [Go](https://go.dev/).
 It is optimized for speed, ease of use, and configurability.
 Hugo takes a directory with content and templates and renders them into a full HTML website.