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How to Make a Link

When you are publishing your own blog content or working on a website, making link tags and building your HTML tags properly is essential for your visitors to properly navigate during their visit to your site. In addition to adding navigation to your website, links also allow your website to gain visibility in popular search engines on the Internet, giving you a chance to grow your website's overall ranking.

  1. First: Find a file to edit

    Open the HTML document or file you want to add links to using a traditional text or HTML editor you have on your computer. Because HTML link tags are implemented anywhere between the and tags of an HTML file, scroll to the location in the file where you are adding the links.

  2. Second: Add the basic HTML link tag

    Insert the basic HTML link tag by typing:

    Replace the "url" in "http://www.url.com" with the actual URL you want the link to visit upon clicking on the text. Replace the "My Website Link Text" text with a title of the link, such as "Google," or "This Link is Fun!".

  3. Third: Save and upload

    Click File, then Save to save the file to your computer. Upload the file to your web hosting service or server by using the host itself or a free FTP (file transfer protocol) program to do so. Overwrite the current file with your newly saved file (with the inserted link). View your website to see the updated changes including the new inserted HTML links.