url/link importants to SEO (PR , index)

Just wondering if any one noticed how search engines (like G,Y,M) interpret the URLs. Do they like/dislike relative URLs? How is PR goes up/down?

#1 For example, should i use

../../../dir1/dir2/page.php

or

htt p://www.somesite.com/dir1/dir2/page.php

instead?

The reason i am asking this because using full URL wouldn't allow me to test my website on development servers before i push it on production server.

#2 also, is any difference to PR/indexing if my web pages come with .html or .php?

Thanks

 

Absolute URLS (#2) are always best, as there's no chance for the search engine bot to get lost. For testing on your development server, use the <BASE HREF=""> tag in your header - some serverside or javascript code can turn this on an off automatically for you.

Cryo.

 

Always use absolute urls

 

Thank you guys

Cryogenius, I think this is what i need, will test it and see how it goes

 

I don't know. I have websites with relative url's - google indexed them fine

 

Vote absolutes also.