base href

[paff3]

Hi,

I want to use absolute linking, but with minimal page size.So i thought i can use base href.
But when i do that will robots see links as absolute or relative?

If i look at my source file its
<a href="text.htm">Text</a>
not
a href="www.domain/text.htm">Text</a>

[pixel_juice]

Don't worry about it paff3, search engines don't care whether your link is absolute or relative. A link's a link.

But you probably shouldn't be using <base href=" "> any way, because it's depreciated and support for it will be discontinued eventually.

[pageoneresults]

Search engines don't care whether your link is absolute or relative.

Be very careful here. If your site contains all relative links, you are at risk of dns jacking. I usually make all of my navigation links absolute and then allow relative linking within body copy.

[paff3]

But absolute links are also considered internal links, right?

[darkroom]

Yes, they are.