Click anchor tag open with localhost url (www.google.com)?

Question

Below is the code

<a href="www.yahoo.com" target="_blank">Yahoo!</a>

it's display next page url like below

http://99.1.0.39/test/test-2/www.yahoo.com

How to open new page with www.yahoo.com?

The browser doesn't know that "www..." is *supposed* to represent a domain. What's the difference between `www.yahoo.com` and `foobar`? `foobar` is interpreted as a relative path, i.e. the "directory" `foobar`. What's different about `www.yahoo.com` that it should not be interpreted the same way? Nothing. You need a fully qualified URL to external domains, not just the host name. — deceze, Jul 17 '18 at 07:23
I helped, use correct absolute path.. (best way is going to the site yahoo.com, copy the entire url and paste on href) — Roy Bogado, Jul 17 '18 at 07:23
ok @roy,@deceze , always we have to give http:// or https:// right — Siva Unique, Jul 17 '18 at 07:27
Does this answer your question? [HTML force URL hyperlink to be treated as non-relative (absolute)](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9215162/html-force-url-hyperlink-to-be-treated-as-non-relative-absolute) — Sebastian Simon, Mar 04 '22 at 18:34

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 17 '18 at 07:53

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Try using

If you are unsure about that protocol use

<a href="//www.yahoo.com" target="_blank">Yahoo!</a>

or

<a href="https://www.yahoo.com" target="_blank">Yahoo!</a>

or

<a href="http://www.yahoo.com" target="_blank">Yahoo!</a>

answered Jul 17 '18 at 07:53

Ajmal PraveeN