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Old October 25th, 2003, 05:51 AM
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Question Relative vs. Absolute Internal Links
Just thought I'd ask - anyone know if one's better than the other for SEO purposes?

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Old October 25th, 2003, 08:32 AM
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Doesn't matter.
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Umm yeah it does, but not a huge weight difference or file size difference. The only time I use absolute if either the destination of the link or the page of the link outging is targeting the kw in the domain, otherwise I use reletive to reduce file size, I know but hey why not shave off a k
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So if I understand what your saying is that if you're linking from a random page to the home page which is www.golden-widgets.com, then you would use the absolute link instead of relative.

I didn't understand your second scenario - maybe reword?

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Oh well, I suppose it would provide some weighting if you have a keyword in your domain.
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