Dash or underscore for space in nice URL

Discussion in 'Keywords' started by classic, Nov 9, 2008.

  1. #1
    I have a question regarding the spaces in nice URL-s , I am coding a new site
    and for URL I will use complete title so I was wondering what should I use for spaces '-' or '_' do anybody know what is preferred
    eg
    
    /review/Best-Tennis-Rackets.html
    //or
    /review/Best_Tennis_Rackets.html
    
    Code (markup):

     
    classic, Nov 9, 2008 IP
  2. wizs

    wizs Active Member

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    #2
    I think it's best to go with dashes, although I have had success using underscores as well. I think some engines treat this differently, i.e.

    Hyphens: "these-are-treated-as-seperate-words"

    Underscores: "this_is_treated_as_a_whole_word"

    That help?
     
    wizs, Nov 9, 2008 IP
  3. maxdevelopers

    maxdevelopers Guest

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    #3
    That's right stick to dashes. They get indexed pretty quickly.
     
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  4. classic

    classic Peon

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    thanks guys I will go with dash version
     
    classic, Nov 10, 2008 IP
  5. mahendra rajeshirke

    mahendra rajeshirke Active Member

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    #5
    i think this is right answer for this question,

     
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  6. Ramyaa

    Ramyaa Banned

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    #6
    Use hypens..

    /review/Best-Tennis-Rackets.html
     
    Ramyaa, Nov 17, 2008 IP
  7. dhirajch

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  8. pareshprince

    pareshprince Active Member

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    #8
    always use hypen (-) because it is very useful for optimization. i mostly prefer for hypen.
     
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  9. wwwyatt

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    #9
    i've seen this on several domains in search results and it is best to go with the hyphen in my experience. Never have a I seen a underscore outperform. I'm sure there are exceptions to the rule but isn't there with everything?
     
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  10. mahendra rajeshirke

    mahendra rajeshirke Active Member

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    #10
    hyphen makes kywords separate in se point of view, and underscore makes them as a one word,

    hows that?
     
    mahendra rajeshirke, Nov 19, 2008 IP
  11. brouwer

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    Agreed. Go with the dash!
     
    brouwer, Nov 20, 2008 IP
  12. wwwyatt

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    Wow, I completely forgot about the underscore doing that. Haven't had to do that since I used HotBot for a search engine...lol
     
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  13. poseidon

    poseidon Banned

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    #13
    Underscore vs hyphen, does this answer your question ?

    I don't think it matters much though you should go for hyphen as its a word seperator
     
    poseidon, Dec 2, 2008 IP