This reader question raises some good points. Some items on a page might be good for site usability and sales conversions, but they might make no difference as to whether a site ranks or not. In terms of search engine visibility, it does not matter if you use absolute or relative links on your Web site. The search engines automatically convert relative links into an absolute links. However, using absolute links will not make a site rank higher merely because Webmasters choose to use absolute links on their sites.
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