Linking strategy - absolute vs relative

[My_Donna]

Hi all,

Do search engines know the difference between absolute and relative links?

From what I understand, inbound links have the potential to increase your search engine ranking. What about internal (relative) links within your own website, for example Wikipedia has a gazillion relative links between their articles. Does this help Wikipedia get ranked higher?


Thanks in advance!

[jagan]

Yes, they helps! If you will see, Wikipedia ranks in almost top 10 in most of the keywords!

[Sangeeta1]

You should use absolute links whenever you can because if you use relative links you may lost all your rankings in search engine.

[megri]

Sangeeta you are wrong. You can use both absolute & relative links. The difference is only in page loading time From SEO (http://www.submitshop.com/testimonials/) point there is no difference.

[Sangeeta1]

Thanks megri for your reply!!!