Hyphen or Underscore ?

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  1. Loy Maben

    Loy Maben Peon

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    #21
    underscore or hyphen??

    i wud rather prefer a comma(,) as compared to a hyphen, as a separator for keywrds. wen v gv atitle name as
    abc - abc1
    den d space before n after hyphen is also counted as a character. bt wen v put a comma, one dsnt need 2 gv any space.
     
    Loy Maben, Mar 28, 2008 IP
  2. dpking

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    #22
    Both have same value .. but i will personally recommend Dash !!
     
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  3. Maneel

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    #23
    A Comma in a file name ?
     
    Maneel, Mar 29, 2008 IP
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    #24
    i had this question myself. try using google with a keyword with more than one word. Notice the green links on the search results page and how your keywords are bolded. In terms of SEO, google is smart enough to figure it out. I found that you'll see sites rank well will appear with either hyphens or underscores.
     
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  5. everythingisplanned

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    #25
    Hi,
    As a SEO view go for firstname-lastname.php, because dashes act two different keywords or one phases but hypens act one new keywords of new phase (firstnamelastname) .
     
    everythingisplanned, Mar 29, 2008 IP