# Link question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-question/277403>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [November 30, 2004, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-question/277403 "2004-11-30T23:03:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Izzybella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e56c9b/32.png) [@Izzybella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Izzybella)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-question/277403/1 "2004-11-30T23:03:08Z")

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I’ve looked here for an answer to this question and can’t find it. If it has already been answered elsewhere, please let me know and I’ll go read it.

My question is–How do I name a link and make it look prettier, so that instead of

[www.blahblah.com](http://www.blahblah.com)

it reads

_The link I want you to visit_

I hope this question makes sense. Thank you very much!

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**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-question/277403/2 "2004-11-30T23:11:26Z")

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Remove the spaces from the following:  
[url = www.g [oogle.com](http://oogle.com)]Google[/ url]

and you get

Google

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**Author:** ![Izzybella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e56c9b/32.png) [@Izzybella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Izzybella)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-question/277403/3 "2004-11-30T23:15:52Z")

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Thanks very much **GorillaMan**! I really appreciate your help.

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**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-question/277403/4 "2004-12-01T01:22:46Z")

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You can also just use the **Insert Hyperlink** button. When you do a window pops up that says **Enter the text to be displayed for the link**. After you do and click **OK** , a window pops up saying **Please enter the URL of your link**. Enter the URL, click **OK** and you’re done! 🙂

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**Author:** ![Izzybella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e56c9b/32.png) [@Izzybella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Izzybella)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-question/277403/5 "2004-12-01T18:53:22Z")

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> [@Santos L Halper](#):
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> You can also just use the **Insert Hyperlink** button. When you do a window pops up that says **Enter the text to be displayed for the link**. After you do and click **OK** , a window pops up saying **Please enter the URL of your link**. Enter the URL, click **OK** and you’re done! 🙂

Nifty!! Thanks. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Spongemom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Spongemom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spongemom)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-question/277403/6 "2004-12-05T02:43:47Z")

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Out of boredom/curiosity, I clicked on [www.blahblah.com](http://www.blahblah.com) in the first post and came across an anti-Bush message board. Was that on purpose?