The Anchor rel Property in HTML DOM is used to set or return the value of rel attribute of a link. The rel attribute is used to specify the relation between the current document and the linked document.
Syntax:
- It returns the Anchor rel property.
anchorObject.rel
- It is used to set the Anchor rel property.
anchorObject.rel = "value"
Property 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 specify a related document.
- help: It specifies a help document.
- license: It defines a 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 mostly used for paid links.
- noreferrer: It is used to Specify that the browser should not send a HTTP referrer header if the user follows the hyperlink.
- prefetch: It specifies that the target document should be cached.
- prev: It specify the previous document in a selection.
- search: It specify the search tool for the document.
- tag:It specifies a tag keyword for the current document.
Return Value: It returns a string value which represents the relation between the current document and the linked document.
Example 1: This example returns the Anchor rel Property.
html
<!DOCTYPE html>
< html >
< head >
< title >
HTML DOM Anchor rel Property
</ title >
</ head >
< body >
< center >
< h1 >GeeksForGeeks</ h1 >
< h2 >DOM Anchor rel Property</ h2 >
< p >Welcome to
< a href =
id = "GFG" rel = "nofollow" target = "_self" >
GeeksforGeeks
</ a >
</ p >
< button onclick = "myGeeks()" >Submit</ button >
< p id = "sudo" style = "color:green;font-size:25px;" ></ p >
< script >
function myGeeks() {
var x = document.getElementById("GFG").rel;
document.getElementById("sudo").innerHTML = x;
}
</ script >
</ center >
</ body >
</ html >
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Output:
Before Clicking on Button:

After Clicking on Button:

Example 2: This example sets the Anchor rel Property.
html
<!DOCTYPE html>
< html >
< head >
< title >
HTML DOM Anchor rel Property
</ title >
</ head >
< body >
< center >
< h1 >GeeksForGeeks</ h1 >
< h2 >DOM Anchor rel Property</ h2 >
< p >Welcome to
< a href =
id = "GFG" rel = "nofollow" target = "_self" >
GeeksforGeeks
</ a >
</ p >
< button onclick = "myGeeks()" >Submit</ button >
< p id = "sudo" style = "color:green;font-size:25px;" ></ p >
< script >
function myGeeks() {
var x = document.getElementById("GFG").rel
= "prefetch";
document.getElementById("sudo").innerHTML
= "The value of the rel attribute "
+ "was changed to " + x;
}
</ script >
</ center >
</ body >
</ html >
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Output:
Before Clicking on Button:

After Clicking on Button:

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by DOM Anchor rel property are listed below:
- Google Chrome
- Internet Explorer
- Firefox
- Opera
- Safari