#summary The a ping attribute represents a list of servers to contact when a user follows a hyperlink.
#labels about-html,is-html-attribute,from-whatwg

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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:

  * [AElement <a>]
  * [AreaElement <area>]

== Browser compatibility ==

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|| *Test* || *IE8* || *IE7* || *IE6* || *FF3* || *FF2* || *Saf3* || *Op9* || *Chrome* ||
|| [http://doctype.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/tests/html/attributes/a-ping-reflection-test.html a.ping reflects <a ping="http://www.example.com/">] || Y || Y || Y || Y || N || N || N || N ||

== Further reading ==

  * [http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#ping The ping attribute in HTML 5]