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Usage

Sends an HTTP POST request to the specified URIs when the user follows the link. Useful for "clickthrough" tracking for ad systems, etc.

<a href="ad.html" ping="http://adserver.example.com/">

Values

A space-separated list of URIs. URIs may be relative and are resolved according to the element's base URI.

Elements

You can use the ping attribute on the following elements:

• <a>
• <area>

Browser compatibility

Compatibility table legend

| Test | IE8 | IE7 | IE6 | FF3 | FF2 | Saf3 | Op9 | Chrome | |:---------|:--------|:--------|:--------|:--------|:--------|:---------|:--------|:-----------| | a.ping reflects <a ping="http://www.example.com/"> | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N |

Further reading

• The ping attribute in HTML 5