internal hyperlinks - using full address

[question_asker]

Hi there,

I recently created two sub-webs out of my main website and ran into a problem or
two with the internal hyperlinks.

I decided to do a search/replace and use the full address (as in
"http://www.mysitename.com/fileIwanted.htm") instead of the "../fileIwanted.htm"
that Frontpage created when I re-worked the websites.

Is there any problem setting up my internal hyperlinks this way? Does it make
search engines angry to have to "leave" the site and come back in? Should I go
back through the site and use the "../fileIwanted.htm" code?

The site funtions fine right now and the links all work...but I'd like a better
search engine ranking so I'm trying to behave myself.

Thanks for any advice.

 

[P@tty Ayers]

Why did you decide to use absolute paths in the first place? Is there a
reason? If not, it's better to use either document-relative
(../yourfile.htm) or root-relative (/yourfile.htm) paths, because it's less
work for the server, more efficient, and faster. This is why it's done this
way almost universally.

I've never heard of using absolute path URLs as a search-engine technique.
Is there some evidence that it helps in some way?

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

Does FP even manage absolute paths? I thought not.


| Why did you decide to use absolute paths in the first place? Is there a
| reason? If not, it's better to use either document-relative
| (../yourfile.htm) or root-relative (/yourfile.htm) paths, because it's
less
| work for the server, more efficient, and faster. This is why it's done
this
| way almost universally.
|
| I've never heard of using absolute path URLs as a search-engine technique.
| Is there some evidence that it helps in some way?
|
|
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|
| | > Hi there,
| >
| > I recently created two sub-webs out of my main website and ran into a
| > problem or
| > two with the internal hyperlinks.
| >
| > I decided to do a search/replace and use the full address (as in
| > "http://www.mysitename.com/fileIwanted.htm") instead of the
| > "../fileIwanted.htm"
| > that Frontpage created when I re-worked the websites.
| >
| > Is there any problem setting up my internal hyperlinks this way? Does
it
| > make
| > search engines angry to have to "leave" the site and come back in?
Should
| > I go
| > back through the site and use the "../fileIwanted.htm" code?
| >
| > The site funtions fine right now and the links all work...but I'd like a
| > better
| > search engine ranking so I'm trying to behave myself.
| >
| > Thanks for any advice.
|
|
|

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

FP doesn't manage absolute or root-relative links.

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[P@tty Ayers]

That's another reason to just use regular document-relative links,
"Question-Asker".

 

[Jon Spivey]

I've never heard of using absolute path URLs as a search-engine technique.

Is there some evidence that it helps in some way?

It's quite a common technique to use absolute urls for seo purposes. Usually
in the text links at the bottom of the page combined with keywords, eg <a
href="http://site.com/green-widgets.htm">green widgets</a> instead of just
<a href="/green-widgets.htm">green widgets</a> also if you have a logo at
the top it would be a good idea to link it back to the homepage with an
absolute url and the main keyword in the alt tag.

 

[P@tty Ayers]

It's quite a common technique to use absolute urls for seo purposes.
Usually in the text links at the bottom of the page combined with
keywords, eg <a href="http://site.com/green-widgets.htm">green widgets</a>
instead of just <a href="/green-widgets.htm">green widgets</a> also if you
have a logo at the top it would be a good idea to link it back to the
homepage with an absolute url and the main keyword in the alt tag.

Hmm.. interesting.