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Do Fully Qualified Link Matter?

by Greedy
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I've handful of recent posting say "Yes, you should use fully qualified links."

Then on SEOMoz they say "no it doesn't, just be conistant."

Any thoughts?
#fully #link #matter #qualified
  • Profile picture of the author dropmining
    What do you mean do fully qualified, I presume you mean dofollow links.

    If that is the case what SEOMoz are recommending is that your link profile look natural and not overly skewed towards an unnatural profile of say 95%+ dofollow links. If you aren't doing massive amounts of link building and your site already attracts significant levels of natural links then probably just focus on building quality dofollow links. Otherwise ensure you build links from a wide variety of sources, focussing more on the traffic they will bring than the search engine benefits.
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  • Profile picture of the author Greedy
    Fully qualified links such as...

    hxxp://www.warriorforum.com/adsense-ppc-seo-discussion-forum/694708-do-fully-qualified-link-matter.html

    vs.

    /adsense-ppc-seo-discussion-forum/694708-do-fully-qualified-link-matter.html

    What why should I be linking in my site? Lots of people say the first way.
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  • Profile picture of the author Greedy
    Anyone know?
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  • Profile picture of the author Jesse L
    I've never noticed that it mattered. Calling out images is a different story though.
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  • Profile picture of the author askloz
    its true, it dont really matter, but it goes without saying, qualified links are always better
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  • Profile picture of the author Jesse L
    The reasons images are different is because you will have issues using absolute paths when using SSL. This wll give you a sercurity error when someone accesses your secure area if not careful.
    Also, by using a relative path, the browser knows to just look within your own web site's server space for the images. However, if you use the absolute path, the browser goes back out onto the Internet and finds your site all over again, then finds the images within your directory. So, using a relative path will make your site respond quicker.
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  • Profile picture of the author marketwarrior06
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    There should be a ratio. Your links should have a proper ration of valuable, related, Do follow and No follow links. Remember one thing, All of them are important.
    thanks
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