Try to click the link above. Why doesn't it work?
Notice in the HTML, it's just a regular link pointing to Google. It looks unusually normal in Chrome and IE11.
Firefox probably has the correct behaviour. Pre-WebKit Opera is drunk. Chrome doesn't even think it's a link, but you can sort of click it, which is probably the wrong behaviour. IE11 doesn't even seem to let you click it.
Update: Try this instead: https://www.google.com/ . Notice the slash at the end. This helps Chrome create a 404 error on Google.com. This way you can see the difference with other browsers and the link actually works.