Is http://www.search.com/Search-Engine-Marketing.php better than http://www.search.com/Search_Engine_Marketing.php? What do you think?
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_http://www.search.com/Search-Engine-Marketing.php_ , is better I think. note: without the _ , I just had to put them due to my member status
Dashes are better.. underscores never made much of a difference. But then again, I don't really think it makes much of a difference anymore. The algo have changed so much over the years it's silly to argue over this topic. Just stick with dashes and kick the underscore to the curb.
I'd go with dashes too. underscores are more annoying to type than a dash, which may sound stupid but things like that matter to your site visitors.
It doesn't really matter. Search engines parse them both equally as spaces. I really prefer to use underscores in URLs rather than hyphens, just because the DMOZ does it and they get such high rankings.
In addition, I don't understand at all what he means, the URLs don`t say anything to me, or could it be that today is monday?
Excellent advice people, really sound arguments as well. Great stuff, very useful for other members. Keep up the good work! Where would we be without you!
haha TOPS30 anyway, I think it probably mattered a great deal at some point but I don't see any advantage for any SEO to value one more than the other at this point... unless of course they want to be tricksy and make underscores more valuable since they've been telling us to use dashes for years.