Add after text node
<html> <head> <script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery-1.3.2.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function(){ $("p").after( document.createTextNode("Hello") ); }); </script> </head> <body> <body> <b>b</b> <p>p</p> </body> </html>