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What does the "base href" meta tag do? For SEO and webdesign?

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jmansd last edited by

I have encounter the "base href" on one of my sites. The tag is on every page and always points to the home URL.
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AdoptionHelp last edited by

<base> allows you to set the default attributes for links on the page. For example if I set <base href="http://www.mydomain.com/"> then I can make a link to and it will point to http://www.mydomain.com/mypage.html

I believe this magic happens on the web server before the page is sent to the browser, making it a safe practice for SEO.
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