Title: Invalid URL link
Last modified: April 26, 2018

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# Invalid URL link

 *  [Chuckie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajtruckle/)
 * (@ajtruckle)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/li/)
 * When I validate the links on my page I get these flagged:
 *     ```
       <link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//www.google.com' />
       <link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//fonts.googleapis.com' />
       <link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com' />
       <link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//css.rating-widget.com' />
       <link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//s.w.org' />
       ```
   
 * I am told that the user of `//` like that is not a legal link. Either way, that
   particular link returns forbidden.
 * These two it does not like:
 *     ```
       <link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//fonts.googleapis.com' />
       <link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//css.rating-widget.com' />
       ```
   
 * One of those links are related to your plugin. So please advise. Thank you.
    -  This topic was modified 8 years, 1 month ago by [Chuckie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajtruckle/).
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 * Last reply from: [Chuckie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajtruckle/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/li/)
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