Absolute Versus Relative Links Debate October 2007

Absolute versus Relative Links Debate October 2007

A huge debate in my mind, and the verdict is now 80 percent in favor of absolute links:

The biggest problem with Absolute links is it slows down the opening of pages.

Example:
http://www.hobotraveler.com/blogger.html

As compared to

blogger.html

IF you are in the root pages you can use just the blogger.html and for sure Frontpage make this the default.

However, SEO wise the boys in the knows seem to say the long link is the best.

HERE is a good quote and makes good sense for a Bot baby to know.
"The benefit to absolute urls is that you are now referencing the absolute position of the resource in question in relation to your directory tree (be it flat file or database... "
Frorm this link
http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum5/2205.htm

HERE is another page also talking

http://www.searchengineguide.com/hartzer/006511.html

Absolute versus Relative Links Debate October 2007