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Dash or Underscore

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    1. sloeg
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      My understanding is this: Dash > underscore in URLs because underscores are hard to see in underlined links and SEs see dashes as spaces.

      If this is true, what do they see underscores as?

      I ask because I'm doing something right now that automatically uses underscores and not dashes (I don't think I can change it unless there's some funky thing with mod_rewrite).

      Is it worth finding a solution to remove the underscores and use dashes instead?

      Posted 3 years ago # Link

    2. twofivethreetwo

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      Honestly I don't really know the difference in dash vs underscore, I personally use underscores alot in my coding scripts and sites. However, while searching Google I found this article that says its best to use dashes when it comes to Search Engines.

      I'm sure there are more resources on this topic.

      Posted 3 years ago # Link

    3. 2dcandy

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      it depends what you're urls look like and whether the keywords are worth the effort involved.

      SE's (google anyway) see words seperated by an underscore as one word.

      Posted 3 years ago # Link

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