None of those are working for me. <%= link_to 'Google', 'http:/www.google.com' %> gives me: http://localhost:3004/www.google.com <%= link_to :Google, :only_path => false, :host => 'www.google.com' %> gives me: http://www.google.com/pfd_applicants/search where search.rhtml is the page the link is on. Neil