jQ - html() vs text()
This is just a live view of - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1910794/jquery-text-vs-html accepted answer.
HTML
<div id="div1"></div>
<div id="div2"></div>
<div id="div3"></div>
<div id="div4"></div>
<div id="div5"></div>
<div id="div6"></div>
JavaScript
$("#div1").html('<a href="example.html">Link</a><b>hello</b>');
$("#div2").text('<a href="example.html">Link</a><b>hello</b>');
$("#div3").text($("#div1").html().length);
$("#div4").text($("#div1").text().length);
$("#div5").text($("#div2").html().length);
$("#div6").text($("#div2").text().length);