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Asked: 2026-05-23T02:35:25+00:00

When I search in Google and moving the mouse over links I see the

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When I search in Google and moving the mouse over links I see the link of the current page like in this picture :

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But when I open this link and stop page loading to see the URL I find this

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=8&ved=0CFsQFjAH&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.stackoverflow.com%2F&rct=j&q=http%3A%2F%2Fstackoverflow.com%2F&ei=gbHqTaa-BcTGtAaRwcjnCg&usg=AFQjCNG7KphjK6RuC5cj-6U5jeuvipt5dg&cad=rja

It’s used by Google to sotre data about visitors of this link or when a user copy the link he’ll get just the right URL .

The same thing with Facebook for external links ( l.php )

This option help user to see the whole address.

I like to use it in my website so how can I do ??

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  1. Editorial Team

    This is how if works in IE. I did not try other browsers, it is possible they are using the same or similar method.

    The sample below illustrates what happens:

    <div>
<script type="text/javascript">
(function(){
    window.rwt=function(a,url) {
        a.href=url;
        a.onmousedown="";
    };
})();
</script>
<a href="http://stackoverflow.com/" onmousedown="return rwt(this, 'http://www.google.com/')">Stack Overflow</a>

    The link here points to http://stackoverflow.com, and when you hover mouse over it, it displays http://stackoverflow.com as a target of the link. When you click on the link, instead it brings you to http://www.google.com, because that piece of javascript overrides the href attribute.

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