How to properly encode links to external URL in MVC Razor

Two ways :

1. update the database column with full link:

eg SQL:

update ProductTable set ProductLink='http://www.example.com/Product/Mobiles' where ID=123

In asp mvc view

<a href="@model.ProductLink">View</a>

2. Hardcode the http part and list from model

<a href="http://@model.ProductLink">View</a>

Hope helps someone.

You don't need to use @Html.ActionLink for that. Just use a plain A tag:

<a href="http://subdomain.mydomain.com/SomeSite">SomeSite</a>

Html.ActionLink is specifically for generating links to actions defined in MVC controllers, in the same app. Since you're linking to an absolute URL, you don't need any of the functionality that Html.ActionLink provides.