Dofactory.com
Dofactory.com
Earn income with your HTML skills
Sign up and we'll send you the best freelance opportunities straight to your inbox.
We're building the largest freelancing marketplace for people like you.
By adding your name & email you agree to our terms, privacy and cookie policies.

HTML rel="search"

A rel=\"search\" attribute value specifies that the linked page can be used to search relevant content in the current page.

The search page can be about the topics in the current page or the entire website.

Example

#

A rel="search" on an <a> element.
This link is a Google search query with a filter for the current site.

To discover more: .
To discover more:
 <a rel="search" href="https://google.com/search?q=site:dofactory.com" 
    target="_blank">Search here</a>.

Using rel="search"

The rel attribute defines the relationship between the current page and the linked page.

The rel="search" value specifies that the linked page is designed to search the current page for related content, resources, and more.


Syntax

<tagname rel="search" />

Elements that accept rel="search"

These elements accept the search value on the rel attribute.

Elements Description
<a> Specifies an anchor link -- see example above
<area> Creates clickable areas inside an image map.
<form> Specifies an HTML form.
<link> Links a resource to the current page

Browser support

Here is when rel support started for each browser:

Chrome
6.0 Sep 2010
Firefox
4.0 Mar 2011
IE/Edge
12.0 Jul 2015
Opera
11.1 Mar 2011
Safari
5.0 Jun 2010

You may also like


Last updated on Sep 30, 2023

Earn income with your HTML skills
Sign up and we'll send you the best freelance opportunities straight to your inbox.
We're building the largest freelancing marketplace for people like you.
By adding your name & email you agree to our terms, privacy and cookie policies.

Guides