Hi MtraX
I should clarify I believe
A relative URL looks like this: "index.html". What this tells the spider is that there is an object called index.html...however what it doesn't say that may be important is what server it's on or what protocol it uses. Therefore the search spiders assumes from the page the link resides on.
An absolute URL looks like this: "http://www.mygreatwebsite.com/index.html". This tells the users web browser what protocol to follow (http/https/ftp) and on what server to find the object on (
www.mygreatwebsite.com.
This method ensures the search spiders do not get lost or confused as they spider the page. So it really helps in that aspect.
Would this effect rankings?? I doubt it..only I believe... if a compettors page matched 100% to yours ...then and probably only then would absolute win out over relative.
At most were talking a position over a page in the results.
If that......