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Adding links to other pages

SEO Tutorial - Adding links to other pages

What makes the Web so effective is the ability to create links from one page to another, and to follow links at the click of a button. Without Links, the World Wide Web wouldn't be a Web at all!

HTML's hypertext-related tag is <a> , which stands for anchor. The text between the <a> and the </a> is used as the caption for the link. A browser highlights the Link text with colour and/or underlines to indicate that it is a hypertext link (often shortened to Hyperlink or just link ).

To include an anchor in your document:

start the anchor with <a (include a space after the a)
specify the document you're linking to by entering the parameter href="filename" followed by a closing right angle bracket (> )
enter the text that will serve as the hypertext link in the current document
enter the ending anchor tag: </a> (no space is needed before the end anchor tag)

Example of a link...

Visit <a href ="http://www.oyster-web.co.uk/"> Oyster Web </a>

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