URL's with variables with spaces

I have mysite.com/index.php?kw=cheap widgets. But this comes up with an error in adwords, saying malformed url.

What am I supposed to do?

Thanks,

Jon

 

Substitute %20 for the space. So it would become mysite.com/index.php?kw=cheap%20widgets

 

What about using a "+"? Is that the same as using a %20?

 

If that URL work on your site it's good for AdWords too.

 

Yeah, within the query parameters the + is usually treated the same as a %20 (which is the hex code for a space). You can use the %20 anywhere in a URL, but the + substitutes for a space only in the query parameters.

i.e., mysite.com/index.php?kw=a+b is the same as mysite.com/index.php?kw=a%20b, but mysite.com/in+dex.php is not a proper substitute for mysite.com/in dex.php ... only mysite.com/in%20dex.php would work in that case.

+ is the more common substitution in the query params.

 

Gonna use %20 thanks.