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title: Links
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## Links
### General Links
Links are used everywhere on the web, with the purpose of directing users to various content items. They're usually indicated by your cursor turning into a hand icon. Links can be text, images, or other elements contained within your HTML or webpage.
You use an anchor element/tag `` to define your link, which also needs a destination address(url) that you'll access with the `href` attribute.
```html
Link Text
```
The target attribute can be used to tell the browser where to open the link. If you'd like your link to open in a new tab, you can use the `target` attribute along with the `_blank` value inside your opening `` tag.
Here's a snippet that makes the phrase 'The freeCodeCamp Guide' a link:
```html
The freeCodeCamp Guide
```
The link ends up looking like this: [The freeCodeCamp Guide](https://guide.freecodecamp.org)
### `target` Attribute
**Opening a page in a new tab**
If you'd like your link to open in a new tab, you'll use the `target` attribute along with the `_blank`
value inside your opening `` tag:
```html
Link Text
```
Another example, using the official freeCodeCamp Guide as the `href=""` destination, and "The freeCodeCamp Guide" as the link text:
```html
The freeCodeCamp Guide
```
Other values of the target attribute include:
- `_self` to open the linked document in the same frame
- `_parent` to open it in the parent frame
- `_top` opens the linked document in the full body of the window
- `_targetframe` opens the linked document in a named targetframe
### Links on the Same Page
When you need to guide users to a specific part of your webpage, let's assume the very bottom, you first need to create an html element with an `#id` that you want direct your user to - in this case the `