How to display text in the browser status bar?

This can be done. Google Search is doing it, which can be seen when you hover over a Google link, the status bar shows the underlying site: Yet when you click it, it brings you to a location and user-agent dependent url that looks like https://www.google.com.sg/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CC8QFjAAahUKEwi4lP-Z4_rIAhVLk5QKHXRLAe8&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.example.com%2F&usg=AFQjCNFEbIRqDC65KFpmuak0aXKmnzjKVQ&bvm=bv.106923889,d.dGo. The url does Google tracking and whatnot before redirecting … Read more