Linking strategy - absolute vs relative

**Carrym** · 20-Mar-2007, 04:52 AM

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!

**Anilrgowda** · 20-Mar-2007, 08:46 AM

google gonna ban...dnt try ro build that kind of links

**Gracia** · 13-Apr-2007, 02:20 AM

Let’s begin with the basics first, we need to understand what links are. There are two types of links that are into use, absolute and relative links. An Absolute link is used to define specific locations of s webpage and a relative link is used for specifying a location of a webpage within a major directory.

Example of an absolute link: < a xhref="http://www.eukhost.com/support/" mce_href="http://www.eukhost.com/support/" >Webhosting Support Information< /a>

Example of an relative link: < a xhref="../support" mce_href="../support" >Webhosting Support Information< /a>

*** Advisable to use absolute link

20-Mar-2007, 04:52 AM	#1 (permalink)
Carrym Fix my Error! Age: 25 Posts: 3 Join Date: Mar 2007 Rep Power: 0 IM:	Linking strategy - absolute vs relative 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!

20-Mar-2007, 08:46 AM	#2 (permalink)
Anilrgowda Administrator Posts: 18,715 Join Date: Jan 2006 Rep Power: 10 IM:	Re: Linking strategy - absolute vs relative google gonna ban...dnt try ro build that kind of links

13-Apr-2007, 02:20 AM	#3 (permalink)
Gracia Fix my Error! Posts: 18 Join Date: Apr 2007 Rep Power: 0 IM:	Re: Linking strategy - absolute vs relative Let’s begin with the basics first, we need to understand what links are. There are two types of links that are into use, absolute and relative links. An Absolute link is used to define specific locations of s webpage and a relative link is used for specifying a location of a webpage within a major directory. Example of an absolute link: < a xhref="http://www.eukhost.com/support/" mce_href="http://www.eukhost.com/support/" >Webhosting Support Information< /a> Example of an relative link: < a xhref="../support" mce_href="../support" >Webhosting Support Information< /a> *** Advisable to use absolute link

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