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    rjjj111
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    Posted: 2005-Aug-09 17:38
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    I have a new website i am building with several sections. Which is better a - dash or _ underscore in the URLs? And why?

    Example:

    mydomain.com/blue-work/ford-truck/1999.html OR
    mydomain.com/blue_work/ford_truck/1999.html








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    Posted: 2005-Aug-09 20:49
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    Both are fine, I always use a "-". Why? Mostly because visually I find it looks better, and also it seems to be more widely used. As far as SE rankings go I have never heard of one making a difference over the other.



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    Posted: 2005-Aug-10 01:49
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    Google does NOT treat two_words as being two separate words, and the underscore visibly disappears on underlined links. Avoid the underscore.

    Also avoid spaces as they get coverted to %20 by the browser which makes%20the%20URL%20unreadable.

    Use hyphens or dots. Those leave the URL readable, and search engines can "see" the separate words as being separate.


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