title: How would I have ui-router go to an external link, such as google.com?
body: <p>For example:</p>
  
  <pre><code> $stateProvider
              .state('external', {
                  url: 'http://www.google.com',
  
              })
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>url assumes that this is an internal state.  I want it to be like href or something to that effect.</p>
  
  <p>I have a navigation structure that will build from the ui-routes and I have a need for a link to go to an external link.  Not necessarily just google, that's only an example. </p>
  
  <p>Not looking for it in a link or as $state.href('<a href="http://www.google.com">http://www.google.com</a>').  Need it declaratively in the routes config.</p>