Linking to other websites

[Naro]

I have been tryng the copy and paste method to add a link to you my webiste but I have not been able to do correctly.
I have done the copy and paste on email addresses to the browser field but somehow copy and paste to a website's link without the other website address there to link up.
I have looked for the paste four days for the correct way to Copy and Paste a link from a website like Amazon.com or JoeBlow.com to my website.
Can anyone tell me of someone who able explain in plain words on how this done.
I have three websites that will link with so I need some help.

 

[djbaxter]

Well, for starters, what is it you're using to edit your web pages and what sort of site is it?

 

[Linda Buquet]

Hi Naro,

You need to use HTML. Here's an example of a link to this affiliate forum.

The link would look like this on the page:
<a href="http://affiliate-marketing-forums.5staraffiliateprograms.com/">5 Star Affiliate Forum</a>

It's formatted like this:

	<a href="http://affiliate-marketing-forums.5staraffiliateprograms.com/">5 Star Affiliate Forum</a>

The part in between the brackets is called anchor text and that is what shows in the link text when people read your site. It can be the name of the site, name of the product, keywords, "click here" or whatever you want.

 

[dmward50]

Linda fully got this one- but there's a good resource for questions like this at w3schools dot com. They have some fantastic content and tutorials for web building- all free.