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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/14754
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I recommend keeping quotation marks outside of the link, unless they're part of the title of the work. So you'd have this:

> I was reading the story "[Flowers for Algernon](http://example.com)" when the doorbell rang.
> 
> I was paging through the tale ["—All You Zombies—"](http://example.com) when my arm was bitten off.

(The latter story's title includes quotation marks.)

Whatever you do, pick a method and stick with it within a work.

**Style guide rulings:**

The Yahoo Style Guide doesn't address this issue directly, but it specifies that punctuation shouldn't be included in a link. Examples from p.127, July 2010:

> Welcome to Me-Yow! [Send us feedback](http://example.com).
> 
> [A picture of Bigfoot](http://example.com)?
> 
> Where are [my orders](http://example.com)? Where is [my shopping cart](http://example.com)?

Similarly, the Chicago Manual of Style addresses punctuation in general but not quotation marks specifically. From CMOS 14.11, 16th edition:

> Other punctuation marks that follow a URL or other such identifier will readily be perceived as as belonging to the surrounding text.

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