Question

Which one of the following is used to identify an anchor link?

(a) #

(b) #!

(c) #?

(d) &

The question was asked by my college professor while I was bunking the class.

This intriguing question comes from Search Engine Optimization & Old Browser vs New Elements topic in portion Flash Videos, HTML5 Layout & Practical Information of HTML

Answer 1

Correct choice is (a) #

Explanation: Lone Hash (#) is used to identify anchor link i.e. jump links. These are the links that let one jump to the piece of content on a page. Anything after this lone hash portion of URL is never sent to the server and automatically scroll to the first element and to the id which it matches.