Java Programming

I need to open a web page in an applet, but I can't find how to do it.
This is the code I have in the paint method.

appContext = getAppletContext();
		try
		{
			url = new URL("google.com");
		} catch (Exception e)
		{
        	System.out.println("Didn't work.");
        	url = null;
        }
        try
        {
        if(url != null)
			appContext.showDocument(url, "_self");
        } catch (Exception e)
        {
        	System.out.println("Error loading page.");
        }

The showDocument is what isn't working I'm pretty sure because I don't get an error, the applet starts, and the web page doesn't load.
Please help.