The rel attribute is used to specify the relationship between the current and the linked document. It is used only when the href attribute is present.
Syntax:
<a rel="value">Attribute Values:
- alternate: It defines an alternate version of the document i.e. print page, translated, or mirror.
- author: It defines the author of the document.
- bookmark: It specifies a related document.
- help: It specifies a help document.
- license: It defines copyright information for the document.
- next: It defines the next document in a selection.
- nofollow: It is used by Google, to specify that the Google search spider should not follow that link and is mostly used for paid links.
- noreferrer: It is used to specify that the browser should not send an HTTP referrer header if the user follows the hyperlink.
- prefetch: It specifies that the target document should be cached.
- prev: It specifies the previous document in a selection.
- search: It specifies the search tool for the document.
- tag: It specifies a tag keyword for the current document.
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML a rel Attribute</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>Welcome to
<a rel="noopener"
href="https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/community/">
GeeksforGeeks
</a>
</p>
</body>
</html>
Output:
Supported Browsers: The browser supported by HTML <a> rel Attribute are listed below:
- Google Chrome
- Internet Explorer
- Firefox
- Safari
- Opera