Does Google prefer Absolute or Relative links?

[teeny]

FONT face="Comic Sans MS"Can someone tell me what Google prefers - and whether Google penalizes for the use of either:/FONT
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FONT face="Comic Sans MS"Below is an example of an absolute link:

CODE<a href="http://www.domain.com/pagename.html"></a>/CODE /FONT
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FONT face="Comic Sans MS"Below is an example of a relative link:

CODE<a href="pagename.html"></a>/CODE

Thanks/FONT
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FONT face="Comic Sans MS"Teeny /FONTBR

[arpecop]

for SEO it's matter probably because the http://www.widget1-widget2.com is longest and describe more your link ... the benefits are the same .. I mean
site:www.yoursite shows the same results
just avoid link 2 different ways like
http://domain and http://www.domain
for google this is 2 different domains

[manish]

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just avoid link 2 different ways like

http://domain and http://www.domain

for google this is 2 different domains

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Matt cutts explained this issue here>>br
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