Advantage and Disadvantage of Relative and Absolute Link

[jcj]

Absolute link and relative link have an advantages and disadvantages for your website if you really don't know how to use it properly. Ok here is the thing if you want your website to loads faster than the normal loading, then I suggest to use a relative link. But its not a good idea to use relative link all the time even though using relative links will not affect search engine visibility, I make an exception with PDF files. Remember people are downloading a pdf files for their reference and if you use relative link the page will not loads properly, so pdf file link should be absolute links.

[Lyka_01]

Originally Posted by jcj

Absolute link and relative link have an advantages and disadvantages for your website if you really don't know how to use it properly. Ok here is the thing if you want your website to loads faster than the normal loading, then I suggest to use a relative link. But its not a good idea to use relative link all the time even though using relative links will not affect search engine visibility, I make an exception with PDF files. Remember people are downloading a pdf files for their reference and if you use relative link the page will not loads properly, so pdf file link should be absolute links.

Good information there...Thanks for sharing that good thought...

[ellathinks]

Thank you so much for the tips.

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[~Dark-EyE~]

There are advantages and disadvantages in using relative and absolute links...
But as much as possible I'll go with "Absolute Links"...

One Good Reason For Example:If you contents get copied and you have a link on it and you used relative link format (ex. href="/shoes/nike.html") in anchoring a particular keyword, it won't count as backlink to your site... Better use absolute link (ex. href="http://www.mycollection.com/shoes/nike.html") for it to be counted as backlink to your site...

This is just one of the many advantages in using absolute links...