- _ or , ?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by Markas, Feb 14, 2008.

  1. #1
    which one to use in URLs instead of a space? :) I have CMS which uses - and one CMS which uses , so I do not know which is the best? :eek: what's the difference between these three? :eek:
     
    Markas, Feb 14, 2008 IP
  2. fsmedia

    fsmedia Prominent Member

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    I'd use - if you can. I doubt it makes much of a technical difference, but people will probably be more likely to click on a link with a - rather than a ,
     
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  3. bosmolskate

    bosmolskate Member

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    definately use - as it is easier to read and looks better and also helps spiders read your URL
     
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    Yeah, '-' is the best one to use. But just wondering, you can really put a ',' in a url??
     
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  5. elvirs

    elvirs Active Member

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    last time matt gutts said now they treat "_" same with "-" but before that "-" was best.
    as previous three guys said stick with "-"
     
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  6. Dan Schulz

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    #6
    Yeah, Matt Cutts (I know elvirs, yours was an honest typo) said that underscores are being treated as keyword delimiters, but for the sake of your users (the people who will be reading your blog, joining your forum, buying your products and/or services, etc...) you still want to use a dash since not everyone can see the underscore character in the browser's address field (this way fewer people will think "well this site's broken" or "they moved the page and wouldn't tell me" and go somewhere else - your competitors' sites - instead).
     
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    I think "-" is still better than "_".
     
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  8. Dan Schulz

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    And you'd be right chapicha, for the reasons I already stated. :)
     
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    graphseo Banned

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    In my Knowledge "-" is better than "_".
     
    graphseo, Feb 15, 2008 IP