It’s easy to take URLs, or web addresses, for granted because they work behind the scenes in helping us jump around the web. By taking a closer look, we can learn about how websites work and what happens when we click. This video explains URLs and teaches: How URLs are connected to web servers What each element in a URL can tell us How to tell if a website is secure How URLs can represent how files are organized on a server How anchors work in navigating to a specific part of a page Video Transcript: If you’ve used the web, you’ve seen how website addresses, or URLs, help you move from site to site. If we look closely, there’s a lot more to URLs than meets the eye. When you visit a web page, what appears on the screen usually lives on a computer called a server. The URL, which stands for Universal Resource Locator, tells your web browser exactly where to find the page or file you want on the server. Imagine you love a dog photo on a web site and save a web page’s URL that looks like this. You’re probably used to seeing a subdomain like “www” in front of website addresses. It’s a default that usually isn’t needed for links to work. However, some websites use this part of the URL to connect to a separate part of the website, like support.doggopics.com. And subdomains can be confusing. Criminals may try to fool you by adding a familiar subdomain to their website address. That’s why paying attention to the domain name is so important. It tells the browser where to find the website’s server. It’s like a street address for finding a house. After the domain name in the URL, there are words, separated by forward slashes. But that’s not all. This page was designed with anchors, which means your web browser can go to a specific part of a page. The anchor in the URL can be found after a question mark and includes a hash symbol, like this: This tells the browser to go the domain, find the right folder, the right page and then, the right part of the page. As you can see, URLs contain a lot of information if you know where to look. .......................... This FAQ library was created by Eran Bucai. Eran is an online entrepreneur who is passionate about helping people find success building a profitable business online without the high ticket prices and without the marketing hype. Eran has a tech support membership which you can learn more about here: DotComTruths.com Eran helps people choose the best software for their business which you can find out more by visiting [EranFunnels.com/software.](https://eranfunnels.com/software)