How many urls do you see with a + at the top of the serps for the keywords you are interested in? I have never noticed any in my sector, but that in itself doesn´t mean anything. Personally I would avoid any domain with anyhting other than - as a seperator.
Ok, thanks! I am trying to use mod rewrite to rewrite + into - but I am having a hard time getting anyone to help. I am currently using this One problem though, this rewrites: /search?q=Cowboy+Bebop into this: /Cowboy+Bebop.htm I want it to do this though: /Cowboy-Bebop.htm I know it's something small that I need to change but can anyone tell me? Thank you very much!
I don't think you can process the variables passed with mod rewrite. You are trying yo affect the contents of $1.
Oh, alright thanks for telling me. So I am stuck with it then, how bad is a link like this to google: http://www.yahoo.com/find-Cowboy+Bebop.html is it impossible to rank #1 with a url like that? Thanks.
You need to escape periods (\.htm instead of just .html) since the period is used for matches (like you use, (.*)) Also, to rewrite + to -: RewriteRule ^(.*)\+(.*)\.htm $1-$2.htm [R=301] That should 301 redirect /a+b.htm to a-b.htm.
I think the + is a bad thing because it's a search phrase component. Have you tested searching on it in various ways?
Hmmm, I just searched for: "how to crack programs" on google and got this as the forth result www.answers.com/how+to+crack+programs and even more to my amazment it seperated the keywords in the url it made crack and program bold. I think + is treated like - in fact, unless someone can tell me I am wrong, I am almost 100% sure the + is treated like - , please see for yourself http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2005-10,GGLD:en&q=how+to+crack+programs look at how the 4th result, the keywords in the url: program+crack are bolded, not only that, but they are sepratly bolded, the + is not bolded. Please give me your inputs, as I think we have just discovered another myth in the world of SEO. It looks like people can start using + now. Anyways, yeah tell me what you think, thanks!
So am I right? Just check the google search, I don't think + is treated differently then - we just don't see it enough (for evidence on this conclusion view last post) but do you guys concure with the results of my research?
So, you guy think it's a big deal to have + in URL? I mean it seems to make no difference in the search engine from what I can tell...