Which is Better - Using Absolute or Relative Links on My Site?

Posted on January 6th, 2008
by Lisa Stewart: : Better Rankings By Blogging

Relative Link- /tools.html
Absolute Link- www.domainname.com/tools.html

From an SEO point of view- Absolute ( or complete links) links on your site are better.
Relative links were commonly used when code bulk was an issue and most Internet users used slow dial-up connections. A site made with relative links IS more portable but the benefits of using absolute links in my opinion outweigh any usefulness this MAY have.
From an SEO perspective absolute links are better for cross links within your site and passing page rank. Google has also been known to do weird things with relative links- think of Google and its bots as a 3 year old child and you are giving it instructions with your code. The more specific and simply put you can make it- the better… you have to hold its hand to help it find its way.

You can give your site new life by combing through site pages and “fixing ” your relative links- change them over to absolute links. Spend some time over the next few weeks making these changes and notice the difference,

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