Why cant I load an external resource from jQuery load method?

Question

In the process of learning Ajax requests using jQuery, I tried to load google home page on the click of a link. So I wrote something like:

$(\"#ajax\").click         


        

Answer 1

First of all, I have to assume that you have a very good reason to do something that a link does by default with JavaScript...

The main reason is probably security: You can NOT access any data outside of the current domain from JavaScript.