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How to Find URL Names
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Locate the URL within your web browser's address bar. The address bar is a long text input bar normally located near the top of the browser window. The address bar generally contains the full URL of the Web page you are currently accessing. - 2). Find the URL domain name by extracting the first part of the URL from the full URL name. A URL name typically reads http://www.domain-name.com/sub-directory/webpage-URL.html. To isolate the domain name, remove the sub-directory address and the Web page URL address. A domain name ends with an extension such as ".com," ".net" or ".org" (each having to do with the nature of the content) or country extensions such as ".ac.uk" (United Kingdom) or ".co.au" (Australia). Sample domain names include "http://www.mywebsite.com" or "http://www.australianwebsite.co.au."
- 3). Find the URL of an image by moving your mouse over the image and clicking the image with the button on the right-side of the mouse (referred to as right clicking). Select the option to view or open the image within the pop-up menu that appears. The image will open in a browser tab or window. Locate the image URL by viewing the address in the image Web page's address bar.
- 4). View the URL name of a Web page link without opening the link itself by moving your mouse over the link. As you mouse over the link, the URL name will appear in the left-hand side of the status bar. (The status bar is the bar that runs across the bottom of the web browser window.)
- 5). Copy the URL link onto a text document or email message by clicking on the link with the button on the right side of the mouse (right click). Select the option to copy link location or copy link address within the pop-up menu to copy the link's URL. Open a text document and press the Ctrl key together with the letter "v" to paste the URL link into the document or email message.