Anchor rel Property

Return the value of the rel attribute of a link:

var x = document.getElementById("myAnchor").rel;

Description

The rel property sets or returns the value of the rel attribute of a link.

The rel attribute specifies the relationship between the current document and the linked document.

Property
rel	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Return the rel property:

anchorObject.rel

Set the rel property:

anchorObject.rel = "value"

Value	Description
alternate	An alternate version of the document (i.e. print page, translated or mirror)
author	The author of the document
bookmark	A related document
help	A help document
licence	Copyright information for the document
next	The next document in a selection
nofollow	"nofollow" is used by Google, to specify that the Google search spider should not follow that link (mostly used for paid links)
noreferrer	Specifies that the browser should not send a HTTP referer header if the user follows the hyperlink
prefetch	Specifies that the target document should be cached
prev	The previous document in a selection
search	A search tool for the document
tag	A tag (keyword) for the current document

Return Value:	A String, representing the relationship between the current document and the linked document

Set the value of the rel attribute to "nofollow":

document.getElementById("myAnchor").rel = "nofollow";