Special characters in URL

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    will special characters in URL will affect SEO?
     
    frio, Apr 12, 2007 IP
  2. delhi seo

    delhi seo Guest

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    In my point of view dont use special characters in your URL.
     
    delhi seo, Apr 12, 2007 IP
  3. uttoransen

    uttoransen Prominent Member

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    you can't have too much special characters in the url, at max you can get the underscores or hifens etc.

    i suggest you to forget it, and get a domain only with the letters! that will be the best from seo point of view. underscores are a major problems when it comes to the indexing!

    only letters is the best solution:)
     
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    I would advise not using spaces and special characters in url.If you are talking about dynamic url, then you can use url rewriting.
     
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    It will be good to know the reason for using special chars before knowing if they affect SEO.
     
    ewc21, Apr 13, 2007 IP
  6. Janna122003

    Janna122003 Banned

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    I don't think so, just put keywords in your URL.
     
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  7. frio

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    actually that special character i'm referring to is ñ as its part of the name/ description of the page... would that be ok?
     
    frio, Apr 13, 2007 IP
  8. SEO Madrid

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    don't put the ñ on the URL, replace it by an n. It'll be replaced by some weird characters when you publish the URL
     
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  9. Thibaut

    Thibaut Well-Known Member

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    Don't use special characters as they could discard your keyword inside the SERPS. You may rather use something like %40 if you really need them, but I don't think its advisable.

    Cheers !
    Thibaut
     
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  10. protocol96

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    i dont think urls are allowed in special character, u can have urls only in english character, i dont think wat u're asking for is possible at first place.

    There are some talks going on having localized url, till then english is the only option.
     
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    Do you know the difference between "-" and "_" in URL? "_" should be used when you want to promote a 2 keyword phrase, like "office chair" - url will look like www.anythinghere.com/office_chair.com - in this case SEs will consider "office chair" as 2 separate words, and the page will get a better visibility for the keyword.
     
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