URL - hyphen or underscore?
This is a discussion on URL - hyphen or underscore? within the Search Engine Optimisation forums, part of the Online Marketing category; It's recently been brought to my attention that it's better to use a hyphen rather than an underscore when building ...
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11-01-2007, 07:00 AM
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 URL - hyphen or underscore? It's recently been brought to my attention that it's better to use a hyphen rather than an underscore when building directory paths in a URL. For example: www.mydomain.com/cd-collection/ is better than www.mydomain.com/cd_collection or www.mydomain.com/cdcollection Is this true? How much weight do SE's give this?         |
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11-01-2007, 10:14 AM
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| Straight from the horses mouth...Hyphens. Matt Cutts: Gadgets, Google, and SEO » Dashes vs. underscores Have always used them anyway, easier to read and no confusion when highlighted. (Sometimes you cannot see the underscore) |
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11-01-2007, 11:33 AM
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| And it wasn't noted in Matts post but cd-collection is preffered over cdcollection.
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11-01-2007, 03:03 PM
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11-01-2007, 05:00 PM
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| With all due respect to Jeremy and his show, I think I stand in between like here: The Bigger Question of SEO |
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