The «URL» concept was born from the idea of Tim Berners-Lee. Who in mid-1991 developed a kind of code that I call URI (Uniform Resource identifier) or “uniform resource identifier” to group a set of website addresses. However, because this term referred to a more general concept, its name was changed to “URL” or “uniform resource locator” in 1994.
Surely you have read in some text species of links that have been arranged in such a way that when you click on them you are redirected to a specific website. Well, these types of links form a basic URL.
Currently the internet has positioned itself as the main means to keep us connected to the world. Simple things like accessing our social networks or entering a web portal of interest would not be possible without a wifi network or some other wireless network with internet access.
In such a way, that URLs are an everyday thing of our day to day. For this reason, in this article we will explain in detail what a URL is and what the mass is for.
What is the URL and what is it for?
The wonderful world of the internet contains more information than we can imagine. Thousands of websites arranged in different versions and contents, hence the need to create a kind of “Identification” for each of these websites.
A URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is basically a kind of identification or rather an address given to some resource or web page that is available on the net.
In a more practical and simple way we can say that a URL is the address that is assigned to each specific website. This information identifies you from the rest of the available pages and makes it much easier to access the page in question.
What are the parts of a URL?
A URL is made up of the search engine’s own codes, which guarantee access to the navigation tab itself, the specific address on the web, the name of the domain to which it is intended to enter and other codes that will depend on the location of the domain.
Based on the above information, we can then say that a URL is made up of four specific parts that are essential for the link to be useful.
- Network protocols (Https://): this code frames the exact category in which the platform is used, this means that by using this set of words we would be using the code used to access internet pages.
- Service (WWW): is the address of the Resource (web page available).
- “Platform” (example): refers to the name of the domain that manages each independent website, commonly this section of the URL contains keywords or the title of the web page you want to access (Online store, institutions, companies) .
- Domain, domain type and country (.Com): it is the generic domain type that is used at the end of the previous section and that usually varies according to the country or region to which the page or website belongs. Other examples can be “.net”, “.org”, “.mobi”.
The URL would then be constituted in the following way: https://www.example.com
And you only need to click on the URL from a device with internet access to access the web page with this address. It is worth mentioning that if any of the codes in the structure is absent, the link will not serve correctly.
Some examples of a URL
Now that you understand the meaning and importance of a URL on internet platforms, we can provide you with some examples of web pages with their URL address. These are some examples of famous and widely used websites on the net.
Some examples of a URL
Now that you understand the meaning and importance of a URL on internet platforms, we can provide you with some examples of web pages with their URL address. These are some examples of famous and widely used websites on the net.
https://www.google.com
https://www.bullfrag.com
https://www.gauravrajput.com
It should be noted that this is just a small example of some URLs, as each page or website has its own URL. Being the same one that identifies them.