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Internal links - full path or local?

Discussion in 'Link Development' started by geoiss2004, Apr 15, 2008.

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    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!
     
    geoiss2004, Apr 15, 2008 IP
  2. dspohn23

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    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...
     
    dspohn23, Apr 15, 2008 IP
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    I think search engine would automatically convert it to one path
     
    chinab4c, Apr 15, 2008 IP
  4. geoiss2004

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    yea, that would make sense. thanks :)
     
    geoiss2004, Apr 15, 2008 IP
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    Breakaway11 Well-Known Member

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    yah, no need to worry... google will convert it.....congrats on internal linking.
     
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    I think best practice to use, full path, this will make sense.
     
    sheds, Apr 15, 2008 IP
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    Dont think, play safe -> Use full path
     
    cheaptraffic, Apr 15, 2008 IP
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    internal linking is going to change the way a lot of webmasters work
     
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    i thought it was generally bad practice to use full paths though - extra characters, not so good for dynamically generated URL's etc.
     
    geoiss2004, Apr 16, 2008 IP