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title: How to Use Links
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## How to Use Links
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In HTML you can use the `<a>` tag to create a link. For example you can write `<a href="https://www.freecodecamp.org/">freeCodeCamp</a>` to create a link to freeCodeCamp's website.
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Links are found in nearly all web pages. Links allow users to click their way from page to page.
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HTML links are hyperlinks. You can click on a link and jump to another document.
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When you move the mouse over a link, the mouse arrow will turn into a little hand.
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Note: A link does not have to be text. It can be an image or any other HTML element.
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In HTML, links are defined with the <a> tag:
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```html
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<a href="url">link text</a>
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```
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Example
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```html
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<a href="https://www.freecodecamp.org/">Visit our site for tutorials</a>
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```
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The href attribute specifies the destination address (https://www.freecodecamp.org) of the link.
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The link text is the visible part (Visit our site for tutorials).
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Clicking on the link text will send you to the specified address.
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#### More Information:
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<!-- Please add any articles you think might be helpful to read before writing the article -->
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* [MDN - HTML <a> Reference](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/a)
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