There are times when you want to create a link in HTML code. Here's how.

HTML links always have 3 parts. A beginning piece of code, the 'link', and an end bit of code.

• The Beginning: <a href="http://frontdeskseo.com">
• The 'Link': Frontdesk SEO
• The end: </a>

Here's how the code appears: <a href="http://frontdeskseo.com">Frontdesk SEO</a>

And this is how the link will appear: Frontdesk SEO

More detail for those who are interested.

The beginning <a> denotes that this is a link.

The middle, href="http://frontdeskseo.com" points the link at a specific URL (web page).

(The middle part of the link is the area tha appears as the link to the reader, in this case it says Frontdesk SEO but it could say anything and still point to any URL. This is important because for SEO purposes the 'link terms' that are used to link to a site are key in increaseing rankings for that term. If you're building links you'll want to use your targeted keywords here.)

The last little bit </a> just tells the web browser that this is the end of the link.

Simple.

Last updated on April 16, 2010 by Frontdesk SEO