Comments on: Hyphen vs. Underscore in URLs http://www.webhelpermagazine.com/2007/10/hyphen-vs-underscore-in-urls/ BlogMaster Techniques and Social Media Matters Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:05:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Finn Firma http://www.webhelpermagazine.com/2007/10/hyphen-vs-underscore-in-urls/#comment-1660 Finn Firma Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:50:56 +0000 http://webhelpermagazine.com/?p=113#comment-1660 Thanks for this article, It really helped me optimize my <a title="Norway Search Portal" href="http://www.finnfirma.no/" rel="nofollow">Norway Search Portal</a> for Google. Thanks for this article,

It really helped me optimize my Norway Search Portal for Google.

]]> By: iGuide http://www.webhelpermagazine.com/2007/10/hyphen-vs-underscore-in-urls/#comment-1614 iGuide Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:29:43 +0000 http://webhelpermagazine.com/?p=113#comment-1614 About a year ago, Matt Cutts of Google mentioned Google was "in the process" of treating underscores the same as dashes in urls. So, has this old rule finally changed? http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/whitehat-seo-tips-for-bloggers/ About a year ago, Matt Cutts of Google mentioned Google was “in the process” of treating underscores the same as dashes in urls. So, has this old rule finally changed?

http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/whitehat-seo-tips-for-bloggers/

]]> By: WebMaster http://www.webhelpermagazine.com/2007/10/hyphen-vs-underscore-in-urls/#comment-1546 WebMaster Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:09:57 +0000 http://webhelpermagazine.com/?p=113#comment-1546 Hi - Interesting question. From a human usability aspect (remembering the URL and typing it, or listening to it via a reader), this is probably not preferable. At WebHelperMagazine, we use WordPress permalinks in such a way that hyphens are generated in the URL (this article URL is http://www.webhelpermagazine.com/2007/10/hyphen-vs-underscore-in-urls/). My question to you is why mix them? I think I would vote for all dashes in your example given, and look forward to other thoughts and comments. - Scott [Editor] Hi - Interesting question. From a human usability aspect (remembering the URL and typing it, or listening to it via a reader), this is probably not preferable. At WebHelperMagazine, we use WordPress permalinks in such a way that hyphens are generated in the URL (this article URL is http://www.webhelpermagazine.com/2007/10/hyphen-vs-underscore-in-urls/). My question to you is why mix them? I think I would vote for all dashes in your example given, and look forward to other thoughts and comments. - Scott [Editor]

]]> By: Halestorm http://www.webhelpermagazine.com/2007/10/hyphen-vs-underscore-in-urls/#comment-1545 Halestorm Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:26:42 +0000 http://webhelpermagazine.com/?p=113#comment-1545 What about the plus sign? We might need to identify actual hyphens in words in the URL (a server-side script for example). www.domain.com/stratford-upon-avon+is+nice/ This URL has a place that contains hyphens and so we leave them in and use + instead of spaces. Good or bad? What about the plus sign?

We might need to identify actual hyphens in words in the URL (a server-side script for example).

http://www.domain.com/stratford-upon-avon+is+nice/

This URL has a place that contains hyphens and so we leave them in and use + instead of spaces. Good or bad?

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