What is a link on the interwebs?

A link lets you touch or click words to go to other places on the web. When you see blue words that are under a line on a web page, those are links. Links help you move from one web page to another web page.

To link, web makers write it like this in HTML: <a href="https://www.google.com">Click here to search</a>

When people see this on a web page, they only see the words “Click here to search” in blue with a line under them. When they click these words, their web page changes to Google.

You can make links go to many places. Here are some ways:

Going to another website: <a href="https://www.weather.com">See the weather</a>

Going to another page on your own website: <a href="contact.html">Talk to us</a>

Opening an email: <a href="mailto:[email protected]">Send an email</a>

Going to a spot on the same page: <a href=”#top”>Go to top</a>

Linking is as simple as wrapping your words with “a” tags in HTML. The “a” means “anchor,” and it tells web browsers that these words should act as a door to another page.

Now you know what links are and how they work on web pages. Links are one of the most basic but important parts of the web, letting us jump from page to page with just one click.