Cant open Websites without WWW.

**cryingvalor** · 06-29-2007, 01:34 AM

Hey guys sometimes i cant open websites if i dont place www or http:// in the address bar of any web browsers i used. how come?

**Go The Power** · 06-30-2007, 11:40 PM

I am pretty sure that all websites need to have the http:// in it, or the page wont load

alihamilton · 07-02-2007, 04:23 PM

When I first read that post, I thought the same ...that you always needed to put in http:// or www. but I tried it without and it works for me, so it is a good question!

audiomod · 07-17-2007, 04:21 PM

there is a real teccy answer to this that i can't remember, but it is out there. It is about IP adresses, the way browsers handle web addresses and some other web wizardry, but generally google and the big sites only need 'google' in the address. Damn i wish i could remember and look really clever! lol. Maybe becuase they have dedicated servers for themselves whereas other pages are rented from other companies who allot ip addresses for their clients.

briealeida · 07-18-2007, 08:17 AM

1) This depends on your browser. For example, I'm using Opera and if I type 'google' into the address bar, it resolves to http://www.google.com.

2) If you only type www.google.com into most browsers, you'll notice that they resolve to http://www.google.com

06-29-2007, 01:34 AM	#1 (permalink)
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06-30-2007, 11:40 PM	#2 (permalink)
Go The Power Moderator, Microsoft Support Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Australia Posts: 10,981 OS: Windows XP Home SP2 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Cant open Websites without WWW. I am pretty sure that all websites need to have the http:// in it, or the page wont load __________________

07-02-2007, 04:23 PM	#3 (permalink)
alihamilton Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 52 OS: xp	Re: Cant open Websites without WWW. When I first read that post, I thought the same ...that you always needed to put in http:// or www. but I tried it without and it works for me, so it is a good question!

07-17-2007, 04:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
audiomod Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 22 OS: XP sp2	Re: Cant open Websites without WWW. there is a real teccy answer to this that i can't remember, but it is out there. It is about IP adresses, the way browsers handle web addresses and some other web wizardry, but generally google and the big sites only need 'google' in the address. Damn i wish i could remember and look really clever! lol. Maybe becuase they have dedicated servers for themselves whereas other pages are rented from other companies who allot ip addresses for their clients.

07-18-2007, 08:17 AM	#5 (permalink)
briealeida Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: slippery rock, pa Posts: 17 OS: Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Slackware	Re: Cant open Websites without WWW. 1) This depends on your browser. For example, I'm using Opera and if I type 'google' into the address bar, it resolves to http://www.google.com. 2) If you only type www.google.com into most browsers, you'll notice that they resolve to http://www.google.com