Read a web address
Look at any web address and say whose site it belongs to.
A web address is a street address for one page. The part before the first single slash is the site you are on.
Everything after that slash is a room inside the building. The https at the front is about the connection.
Key points
- The site name ends at the first single slash
- Everything after that slash is one page inside that site
What to remember
- Read up to the first single slash, then stop.
- The owner is the name ending at the first single slash.
Try this
Find the first single slash in the address bar above. Everything in front of it is where you are.
Practice: Read a web address. Your first lesson is free, with no account or card; the rest are part of a Lantern plan. Interactive lessons require JavaScript.