Absolute Link

A link which shows the full URL of the page being linked at. Some links only show relative link paths instead of having the entire reference URL within the a href tag. Due to canonicalization and hijacking related issues it is typically preferred to use absolute links over relative links. Example absolute link <a href="http://seobook.com/folder/filename.html">Cool Stuff</a> Example relative link <a href="../folder/filename.html">Cool Stuff</a>

It specifies a

• transfer protocol
• domain name
• and often a file name