Absolute vs Relative Links : Technical Difference

Question

Which is better option or there is no difference in terms of speed or other issues like SEO, Backlinks

href=\"http://www.example.com/contact\"

href=\"../../conta

Answer 1

Use absolute urls for linking to other web sites, and relative urls if the page your are linking to is in your website. More can be found @ http://kb.iu.edu/data/abwp.html

Absolute URL's are protocol://domain/path

Relative URL's are The Wonderful World of Foobar!