Internal links - full path or local?

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!

 

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...

 

I think search engine would automatically convert it to one path

 

yea, that would make sense. thanks

 

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

 

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

 

Dont think, play safe -> Use full path

 

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

 

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