# Curious, why absolute not relative?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/curious-why-absolute-not-relative/149893>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [June 2, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/curious-why-absolute-not-relative/149893 "2005-06-02T01:17:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![samsara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@samsara](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/samsara)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/curious-why-absolute-not-relative/149893/1 "2005-06-02T01:17:00Z")

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I noticed when looking at most websites, links to pages in the same site are coded as absolute links not relative. Can someone please explain to me the reason? Is there a benefit? I’m sure there must be…just curious. Cheers, samsara