using System;

using System.Net;

public static class UriExtensions

{

    /// <summary>

    /// Get's a web response as STRING.

    /// </summary>

    public static string WebGet( this string pUrl )

    {

        using( var wc = new WebClient() )

        {

            wc.Headers.Add( "Content-Type", "text/plain; charset=utf-8" );

            return wc.DownloadString( new Uri( pUrl ) );

        }

    }

 }

​

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        Console.WriteLine("Hello World");

        Console.WriteLine( "http://www.google.com".WebGet() );

    }

}

​

​