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Old 10-30-2004, 10:50 AM
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Default Using underscores

If you use underscores in your urls - does it read..
for example

http://www.mistyrubio.com/port_st_lu...al_estate.html

will the search engine catch the Port St Lucie real estate with every word or portstlucierealestate as one word. Does the underscore seperate the words.. Do you understand what I am trying to ask.
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Old 10-30-2004, 10:51 AM
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Default Re: Using underscores

port_st_lucie_real_estate.html

above it had gotten broken up
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Old 10-30-2004, 11:20 PM
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Default Re: Using underscores

Quote:
Originally Posted by mistyrubio
...Does the underscore seperate the words.
Yes.
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From an seo perspective, is it better to use an underscore, or a dash? I would assume that whichever of the previous two choices is better, that would be better than combing it into all one word?

1. boulder_condo.htm
2. boulder-condo.htm
3. bouldercondo.htm

Which is the best, and why?
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Default Re: Using underscores

Dashes are easier to read, they are also eaiser to advertise.
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Default Re: Using underscores

Do an allinurl for a two word phrase and you'll see that the underscore is read as a character and the hyphen is read as a space.

ex. allinurl:real estate you'll see hypens not underscores
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Default Re: Using underscores

underscores are not read as spaces whereas hyphens (Dashes) are. See VRI example above.

this_forum is read one word "thisforum"
Whereas
this-forum is read "this forum"

Using hyphens is always the best way to go.
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