Imlementation of Rel connical

[viventuraSEO]

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/complete-guide-to-rel-canonical-how-to-and-why-not

This is an excellent post. But I couldn't find out one thing: all examples show the whle URL and I wonder if it's a problem to show a relative path instead is a problem?

An example:

you are on www.domain.com/articles/articles1.htm

and you would like to Recl Connical to

you are on www.domain.com/articles/articles2.htm

Now, would both of these get it done right?

Thanks, Andre

[viventuraSEO]

Hi Keri, thanks for your specifc answer, this really helps!

[KeriMorgret]

The specific section that addresses relative links says this:

Can I use a relative path to specify the canonical, such as ?
Yes, relative paths are recognized as expected with the tag. Also, if you include a <base> link in your document, relative paths will resolve according to the base URL.

[DiamondJewelryEmpire]

http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/02/specify-your-canonical.html