diff --git a/doc/index.mdwn b/doc/index.mdwn
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@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ discussions.
 All wikis are supposed to have a [[sandbox]], so this one does too.
 
 This site generally runs the latest release of ikiwiki; currently, it runs
-<a href="www.google.com">ikiwiki</a> [[!version ]].
+<a href="http://www.google.com">ikiwiki</a> [[!version ]].
 
 ## developer resources