How to Use the Address Bar

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This article includes a video and walks you through using the Address Bar in your browser. Too many people use the Search Bar when they should be using the Address Bar!

By: Sean Arenas

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Difficulty: Easy

Tips & Warnings:

You do not need to use a Search bar unless you do _not_ know the address of the site you want to visit
If you know the address you wish to visit, use the address bar
Many people with trouble finding sites on the Internet are mistakenly using a search bar instead of the address bar
You can send this tutorial to a friend who has trouble getting to sites
If you're using a bar that has the word "search" inside the bar, to the left of the bar, or in a button next to the bar, then you are not using the address bar
The bar may say Google or Yahoo or MSN or Live Search - these are search bars, and not address bars

Step1

Address Bar In browser software such as Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox, find the Address Bar. This bar might say Address or Address Bar, and will probably be the bar on the top-left of the window. In Internet Explorer 7, the bar does not have a name.
The bar does *not* have the word "search" inside or to the left of the bar. Watch the video with this article closely to see which bar is the Address Bar.

Step2

Delete everything currently on the address bar, and then enter the Web site address you wish to visit. It is not necessary to enter http://

Enter an address (also known as a domain name, URL, or Web site address), and then press Enter or click Go/Refresh. Most addresses look like one of these:
address.com or www.address.com
Use the correct domain name instead of address.com

Step3

You should be add the Web site you want.

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cheeop said

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on 6/11/2008 Glad you enjoyed it. I used to work help desk and 95% of the time, when people can't get to a site, it's because they're using a search engine instead of the address bar!

Limowreck said

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on 6/11/2008 Excellent video! Thanks for the information. Your articles are easy to follow and very informative. Thanks for the effort you put in to teaching the rest of us!