Replaces the original text nodes with the newly auto-linked dom tree
function _wrapMatchesInNode(textNode) {
    var parentNode  = textNode.parentNode,
        tempElement = _getTempElement(parentNode.ownerDocument);
    
    // We need to insert an empty/temporary <span /> to fix IE quirks
    // Elsewise IE would strip white space in the beginning
    tempElement.innerHTML = "<span></span>" + _convertUrlsToLinks(textNode.data);
    tempElement.removeChild(tempElement.firstChild);
    
    while (tempElement.firstChild) {
      // inserts tempElement.firstChild before textNode
      parentNode.insertBefore(tempElement.firstChild, textNode);
    }
    parentNode.removeChild(textNode);
  }