Internal Linking

When linking internally to other pages on your website does it matter which of the following is used in respect to SEO

"http://www.mypage.com/page.php"

or simply "page.php"

 

I have read it is much better http:// www. mypage.com/page.php

I'm not SEO expert though.

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It is better to link it using the full URL.

 

it doesn;t really matter. SE will read the full url anyways. besides, when you do a site map, you don;t use the entire url, its just the file names

 

I'd stick with one and go full stream ahead

http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-advice-url-canonicalization/

 

yep, correct, i prefer linking it to the URL itself because it'll be considered as a backlink...

 

I am not sure if there is any difference - web spiders are smart enough to spider links easy. Using full links will increase your page size, thus - generating more bandwidth. This matters for very large sites with millions of pageviews daily.