I came across a question on GeeksforGeeks listed as a “Top HTML Interview Question,” which says:

The HTML target Attribute is used to specify the window or a frame where the linked document is loaded. It is not supported by HTML5.

They even provide syntax like this:

<link target="_blank|_self|_parent|_top|framename">

However, ChatGPT claims that this is incorrect because the <link> tag never supports the target attribute in any version of HTML, and the target attribute is only valid for the <a> (anchor) tag.

This leaves me confused because:

• If the target attribute isn’t supported for <link>, why is this being mentioned as a “Top Interview Question”?
• GeeksforGeeks also refers to the <link> tag with the target attribute in other places on their site, so it doesn’t seem like a one-off mistake.
• Is this a typo where they meant to refer to the <a> tag instead of <link>? Or is there some historical context to <link> and target that I’m missing?

If anyone can clarify this or provide more insights, I’d really appreciate it. Thanks!

I tried researching the target attribute in the <link> tag to understand if it’s supported in any version of HTML.

• I checked multiple HTML references (like MDN and W3Schools), which all stated that the target attribute is only valid for <a> tags and not <link>.
• I also tested <link target="_blank"> in an HTML5 document to see if it had any effect, but it did nothing in the browser.
• I expected to find a clear explanation of whether the target attribute ever applied to <link> or if this is a mistake in the GeeksforGeeks article.