Internal links - full path or local?

[matt5409]

something that has recently popped into my head regarding SEO on hyperlinks...

is it more effective to give internal links the full path (e.g. http://www.mysite.com/docs/dvd.php) or a local path (e.g. /docs/dvd.php).

Say the link title is "DVD", it would give that term *slightly* more weight in Google if it was an absolute path would it not? as people searching "DVD" are more likely to come across "http://www.mysite.com/docs/dvd.php" than "/docs/dvd.php".

thoughts appreciated!

[dspohn23]

I don't think it should matter to Google. I would think that they would automatically convert it to the full path. However I could be wrong...

[chinab4c]

I think search engine would automatically convert it to one path

[matt5409]

yea, that would make sense. thanks :)

[Breakaway11]

yah, no need to worry... google will convert it.....congrats on internal linking.

[sheds]

I think best practice to use, full path, this will make sense.

[cheaptraffic]

Dont think, play safe -> Use full path

[kg_lew]

internal linking is going to change the way a lot of webmasters work

[matt5409]

i thought it was generally bad practice to use full paths though - extra characters, not so good for dynamically generated URL's etc.