Dynamically created href attributes in C#

Question

This is the C# code used to create a link to google

href.Controls.Add(Image);
href.Attributes.Add("href", "www.google.com");
href.Attributes.Add("target", "_blank");
href.Attributes.Add("title", "Click To Follow The Link");

however when I click it, the url it takes me to is this

http://localhost:52647/Mywebsite/www.google.co.za

any ideas on how I make it go straight to google?

Answer 1

Try prefixing it with http://

href.Controls.Add(Image);
href.Attributes.Add("href", "http://www.google.com");
href.Attributes.Add("target", "_blank");
href.Attributes.Add("title", "Click To Follow The Link");

Answer 2

change href.Attributes.Add("href", "www.google.com"); to href.Attributes.Add("href", " http://www.google.com ");