{This entry was inspired by a Kim Komando blog entry.}
The url is the web site address. Historically, you type http://www.somesite.com. This goes in the address bar of your favorite browser. You may be surprised to know you don't have to type all that in any more; the http://www. and the .com have been "deprecated;" they are no longer required. Some of the time all you need is to enter "somesite;" other times, you have to enter "somesite.net," or whatever the end qualifier is.
But you don't have to worry about which way is appropriate. The new versions of the popular browsers allow you to type in "somesite" and then hold down the Ctrl key and hit enter. The browser sticks in the http://www. and the .com around the somesite and then it goes to that site.
There are many websites that are accessible by both the www and the non-www version of its URL. However, while apparently both the URLs look the same, a web server could return completely different content.
ReplyDeleteYour advice to leave off the 'www', could take you to a completely different website than you intended. I had this issue come up at work just last week with a major financial website.