A browser breaks the URL into parts: (1) Protocol (http or https) -- this specifies how to connect (2) Host name (in your example, amazon''.''com) -- this is the server to look up and connect to (3) Path and Search (everything after the host name up to but not including #) -- this part is sent as a whole to the web server for interpretation (any part after a hash character (#) is considered by the browser after the page is returned) Some sites do have outbound link forwarders, like Google and Facebook. For example, if you right-click > Copy Link Location on a Google search result, the URL looks like this: https://www.google''.''com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjCq6rBqqjsAhWhIDQIHfRtBNMQFjABegQIAhAC&'''url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mozilla''.''org%2Fen-US%2Ffirefox%2F'''&usg=AOvVaw1aIQZ3syQXuPwS0XmIL8lb That feeds into a script on Google's server to record your click and redirect you to the address in the '''url=''' section of the URL. But in your example, if /prime_day_deals/ doesn't feed into a redirecting script, it's more likely you'll get a page not found error.