I have this ongoing discussion with the development team of one of my clients. They insist on using relative URLs on their numerous development servers. Naturally, I tell them that those can lead to trouble when the pages go live and, of course, they do. What is the difference between an absolute URL and a relative URL? For newbies out there, a relative URL points to links on a server in a local manner like this – a href="contact.html" – where you just point to the page link like you are right there working on the server.
Absolute vs. Relative Links: Which is Better for the Search Engines?
Reader question: What type of link is better for getting search engine rankings: an absolute or a relative link?
Relative and Absolute Hyperlinks
You may have heard the terms “absolute” and “relative” in relation to hyperlinks and file paths. So what exactly are they and is there any real difference or benefits in using a particular type?
Absolute & Relative Links : How Do They Rank?
The question for this article is whether or not you should use “absolute url’s” or “relative url’s”? Not only that, this article researches whether or not Google ranks these methods differently.
How to Reap Relative Rewards With Referrals
A recent issue of Global Internet Marketing News (http://linz1.net/GIM.html) reported an interested piece on how word-of-mouth advertising is statistically getting more nods from the online business community let alone the marketplace. Entitled “Word-of-Mouth Drives E-commerce,” the article pulled some interesting facts from a recent three-part study.