diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/controllers/searchResult.js b/app/assets/javascripts/controllers/searchResult.js
index f3fd0e804..2aa125836 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/controllers/searchResult.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/controllers/searchResult.js
@@ -86,5 +86,8 @@ angular.module('QuepidApp')
       $scope.isJSONObject = function(value) {
         return typeof value === 'object' &&  value instanceof Array !== true;
       };
+      $scope.isUrl = function(value) {
+        return ( /http/.test(value));
+      };
     }
   ]);
diff --git a/app/assets/templates/views/searchResult.html b/app/assets/templates/views/searchResult.html
index 4b1b96b3c..ab4f4a44a 100644
--- a/app/assets/templates/views/searchResult.html
+++ b/app/assets/templates/views/searchResult.html
@@ -45,16 +45,24 @@
             <span
               ng-if="isJSONObject(fieldValue)"
             >
+              <!-- output JSON blob -->
               <json-explorer
                 json-data="fieldValue"
                 collapsed="false">
               </json-explorer>
             </span>
 
+            <span
+              ng-if="isUrl(fieldValue)">
+              <!-- Format a HREF link.  Use the original value, not the html escaped snippet. -->
+              <a ng-href="{{ doc.doc[fieldName] }}" target="_blank">{{ doc.doc[fieldName] }}</a>
+            </span>
+
             <span
               ng-bind-html="fieldValue"
-              ng-if="!isJSONObject(fieldValue)"
+              ng-if="!isJSONObject(fieldValue) && !isUrl(fieldValue)"
             >
+              <!-- Normal display of a snippet -->
             </span>
           </li>