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Originally Posted by nyashaC 
For example buy-WidgetB-Cheap.com would actually have a negative effect on SEO, as it might be seen as an attempt at SERP spamming.
If you see yourself having more than one hyphen STOP!
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Apparently, having "-" in the URL is a very good thing, unlike having "_".
If you consider...
http://www.my-cat-and-mat-site.com/t...sat/on-the-mat
http://www.mycatandmatsite.com/thecatsat/onthemat
http://www.mycatandmatsite.com/the_cat_sat/on_the_mat
Okay... basically the same information, but with/without - or _.
Now it appears that Google will look at Hyphenated words as indiviudal words.
Thus my-cat-and-mat-site can be read as...
my cat and mat site
... and thats about it.
It will read conjoined words as individual words, but will interpret the space/break that fits the search pattern.
Thus mycatandmatsite could be read as ...
my cat and mat site
my catan mats it
myca tan atsi
... more conotations - but that doesn't score any more points!
As for the page titles etc... the Underscore is a major pain. Though in a way it is fantastic if someone types in the title of the page... but if they only enter in partially matching terms, it seems that you will not get the same scoring.
If you consider...
http://www.my-cat-and-mat-site.com/t...sat/on-the-mat
http://www.mycatandmatsite.com/thecatsat/onthemat
http://www.mycatandmatsite.com/the_cat_sat/on_the_mat
Okay... basically the same information, but with/without - or _.
Now it appears that Google will look at Hyphenated words as indiviudal words.
Thus my-cat-and-mat-site can be read as...
my cat and mat site
... and thats about it.
It will read conjoined words as individual words, but will interpret the space/break that fits the search pattern.
Thus mycatandmatsite could be read as ...
my cat and mat site
my catan mats it
myca tan atsi
... more conotations - but that doesn't score any more points!
As for the page titles etc... the Underscore is a major pain. Though in a way it is fantastic if someone types in the title of the page... but if they only enter in partially matching terms, it seems that you will not get the same scoring.
Sometimes life holds wonderful suprises - shame I sleep through them all.
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Originally Posted by autocrat
Apparently, having "-" in the URL is a very good thing, unlike having "_".
If you consider...
http://www.my-cat-and-mat-site.com/t...sat/on-the-mat
http://www.mycatandmatsite.com/thecatsat/onthemat
http://www.mycatandmatsite.com/the_cat_sat/on_the_mat
Okay... basically the same information, but with/without - or _.
Now it appears that Google will look at Hyphenated words as indiviudal words.
Thus my-cat-and-mat-site can be read as...
my cat and mat site
... and thats about it.
It will read conjoined words as individual words, but will interpret the space/break that fits the search pattern.
Thus mycatandmatsite could be read as ...
my cat and mat site
my catan mats it
myca tan atsi
... more conotations - but that doesn't score any more points!
As for the page titles etc... the Underscore is a major pain. Though in a way it is fantastic if someone types in the title of the page... but if they only enter in partially matching terms, it seems that you will not get the same scoring.
John Conde
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Thank god for that!
I've made 2 topics and sent 3 emails... no official response at all from them... but maybe they do listen to people after all.
I've made 2 topics and sent 3 emails... no official response at all from them... but maybe they do listen to people after all.
Sometimes life holds wonderful suprises - shame I sleep through them all.
http://www.choose-easyweb.com - Not my design, nor my idea :)
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Google just announced that underscores will have the same effect as dashes so this will no longer be true in the very near future.
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Originally Posted by x3mario
Good news for those who loves using dashes.
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We have some URL with underscores, and I had read that dashes were better for SEO.
I am glad to hear that I was sure if we were going to have to fix those. Hopefully that gets implemented soon.
Great post.
I am glad to hear that I was sure if we were going to have to fix those. Hopefully that gets implemented soon.
Great post.
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Yes, but mostly I think the file names for eg. words.words/words_42.jpg is better than words.words/wrods-45.jpg.
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Originally Posted by beamup
Yes, but mostly I think the file names for eg. words.words/words_42.jpg is better than words.words/wrods-45.jpg.
Steve
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Do you think its worth redoing all domain names with underscores to change them to domains with dashes?
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