What is a URL? You may already know that a URL is another way of saying “web address.” We all go to web addresses every day as we shop online, read the news or scroll our social media accounts.

If you know its URL, you can visit it by typing the URL directly in the Google Chrome address bar. Otherwise, you have to follow a long way by using Google Search.

Microsoft included the 1drv.ms URL shortening service in its OneDrive cloud storage service and a similar service (binged.it) for Bing Maps—"branded" domains of the bit.ly domain shortening service.

There’s an old SEO idea that says using keywords in the URL will help stimulate a higher click-through rate (CTR) from the search results pages (SERPs). This might have been true in the past.

Google’s Webmaster Support page for the URL Removals Tool very clearly says that the tool results in a temporary removal. The word “temporarily” is used eleven times on the page, making it ...

So, if the URL you’re visiting starts with HTTPS that means that your browser and the web server are having the exact same conversation, but all of the information is encrypted, or more secure.

What's the best URL for Google? As one of Google's early fans, I've had it set as my browser home page since the late 1990s.