var link = "http://google.com"; var element = document.createElement("a"); element.setAttribute("href", link); element.innerHTML = "your text"; // and append it to where you'd like it to go: document.body.appendChild(element); document.write("" + text + ""); document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0].innerHTML += ''+desiredText+''; $(''+desiredText+'').appendTo($('body')); $('body').append($(''+desiredText+'')); var a = $(''); a.attr('href',desiredLink); a.text(desiredText); $('body').append(a); desiredLink var anchorElem = document.createElement('a'); anchorElem.setAttribute("href", yourLink); anchorElem.innerHTML = yourLinkText; document.body.appendChild(anchorElem); // append your new link to the body