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Href without http (s) prefix

I just created a primitive html page. Here it is: an example And here is its markup:

<a href="www.google.com">www.google.com</a>
<br/>
<a href="http://www.google.com">http://www.google.com</a>

As you can see, it contains two links. The first href has no "http" prefix, and when I click that link, the browser redirects me to a non-existent page https://fiddle.jshell.net/_display/www.google.com

. The second href has this prefix and the browser produces the correct URL http://www.google.com/

. Is it possible to use hrefs such as www.something.com

without the http (s) prefixes?

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It is possible, and indeed, you are doing it right now. It just doesn't do what you think it does.

Check out what the browser does when you link to this:

href="index.html"

What then would you do when you refer to this?

href="index.com"

Or that?:

href="www.html"


Or:

href="www.index.com.html"

The browser doesn't know what you mean, it only knows what you told it. Without the prefix, it will follow the standard for the current HTTP address. The prefix is ​​what tells him to start at the whole new root address.

Note that you don't need the part http:

, you can do this:

href="//www.google.com"

The browser will use what the current protocol is ( http

, https

etc.), but will //

report that this is the new root address.

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You can omit the protocol by using //

before this path. Here's an example:

<a href="//www.google.com">Google</a>


By using //

, you can tell the browser that this is actually a new (complete) link, not a relative one (relative to your current link).

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