Comments on: SEO, To Hyphen or Underscore URLs Revisited http://x-pose.org/2010/03/seo-to-hyphen-or-underscore-urls-revisited/ Tech Ramblings. Fri, 04 May 2012 02:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Anonymoushttp://x-pose.org/2010/03/seo-to-hyphen-or-underscore-urls-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Anonymous Sat, 28 May 2011 09:46:00 +0000 http://x-pose.org/?p=106#comment-101 I went by the intersection again today twice. So far no roadside shrinehas sprung up which is unusual for this neighborhood. So maybe the nextof kin have not been notified yet.<a href="http://www.pmcampus.com/" rel="nofollow">PMP Exam</a> I went by the intersection again today twice. So far no roadside shrinehas sprung up which is unusual for this neighborhood. So maybe the nextof kin have not been notified yet.

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]]> By: seer weerhttp://x-pose.org/2010/03/seo-to-hyphen-or-underscore-urls-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-90 seer weer Fri, 29 Apr 2011 05:12:00 +0000 http://x-pose.org/?p=106#comment-90 I have seen lots of SEO Specialists and plenty of SEO tools recommend that you ought to be using hyphens in URLs than underscores, example was Ann Smarty over at Search Engine Journal.<a href="http://www.99escorts.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">London escorts</a> I have seen lots of SEO Specialists and plenty of SEO tools recommend that you ought to be using hyphens in URLs than underscores, example was Ann Smarty over at Search Engine Journal.

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]]> By: Richard Wolfhttp://x-pose.org/2010/03/seo-to-hyphen-or-underscore-urls-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Richard Wolf Fri, 01 Apr 2011 13:23:00 +0000 http://x-pose.org/?p=106#comment-86 I am the webmaster of http://reviewrage.com and I fell in love with the idea of using underscores instead of the traditional hyphen to separate words in URLs (the pioneer in me maybe). I quickly made a change to hyphens and my keywords are ranking much better now. I have a specific example of why to avoid underscores and to use hyphens instead.http://reviewrage.com/madden_11 http://reviewrage.com/madden-11When typing "review rage madden 11" in Google, the madden_11 (underscored) version is no where to be found. However the madden-11 (hyphenated) version is 2nd in the rankings. Stick with hyphens and do not worry so much about bad grammar in your URLs. I am the webmaster of http://reviewrage.com and I fell in love with the idea of using underscores instead of the traditional hyphen to separate words in URLs (the pioneer in me maybe). I quickly made a change to hyphens and my keywords are ranking much better now. I have a specific example of why to avoid underscores and to use hyphens instead.

http://reviewrage.com/madden_11
http://reviewrage.com/madden-11

When typing “review rage madden 11″ in Google, the madden_11 (underscored) version is no where to be found. However the madden-11 (hyphenated) version is 2nd in the rankings. Stick with hyphens and do not worry so much about bad grammar in your URLs.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://x-pose.org/2010/03/seo-to-hyphen-or-underscore-urls-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Anonymous Mon, 21 Feb 2011 10:58:00 +0000 http://x-pose.org/?p=106#comment-80 A lot of forums and some weblog comments tend to shorten a URL so it fits on one line anyway. So it would look like this.<a href="http://www.d2moto.com/" rel="nofollow">Motorcycle Parts</a> A lot of forums and some weblog comments tend to shorten a URL so it fits on one line anyway. So it would look like this.

Motorcycle Parts

]]> By: Web-Design-Mauritiushttp://x-pose.org/2010/03/seo-to-hyphen-or-underscore-urls-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Web-Design-Mauritius Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:30:00 +0000 http://x-pose.org/?p=106#comment-77 I am currently using both on a project. I am currently using both on a project.

]]> By: Guesthttp://x-pose.org/2010/03/seo-to-hyphen-or-underscore-urls-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-68 Guest Tue, 02 Nov 2010 05:17:15 +0000 http://x-pose.org/?p=106#comment-68 The source you cited is incorrect. The article you link to in your post is from August 2, 2007, and it references comments made by Matt Cutts of Google. <br> <br>Matt clarified his comments on August 10, 2007 in his blog: <br><a href="http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/whitehat-seo-tips-for-bloggers" rel="nofollow">http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/whitehat-seo-tips-for-bloggers</a>/ <br>"If you read Stephan Spencer’s write-up, he says some people thought that underscores are the same as dashes to Google now, and I didn’t quite say that in the talk. I said that we had someone looking at that now. So I wouldn’t consider it a completely done deal at this point. But note that I also said if you’d already made your site with underscores, it probably wasn’t worth trying to migrate all your urls over to dashes. If you’re starting fresh, I’d still pick dashes." <br> <br>Keep in mind that was 2007, and as you point out that was a long time ago. But I haven't been able to find any concrete info on dashes and underscores being treated euqally, as of November 1, 2010. So I'm sticking with dashes for now. The source you cited is incorrect. The article you link to in your post is from August 2, 2007, and it references comments made by Matt Cutts of Google.

Matt clarified his comments on August 10, 2007 in his blog:

http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/whitehat-seo-tips-for-bloggers/

“If you read Stephan Spencer’s write-up, he says some people thought that underscores are the same as dashes to Google now, and I didn’t quite say that in the talk. I said that we had someone looking at that now. So I wouldn’t consider it a completely done deal at this point. But note that I also said if you’d already made your site with underscores, it probably wasn’t worth trying to migrate all your urls over to dashes. If you’re starting fresh, I’d still pick dashes.”

Keep in mind that was 2007, and as you point out that was a long time ago. But I haven't been able to find any concrete info on dashes and underscores being treated euqally, as of November 1, 2010. So I'm sticking with dashes for now.

]]> By: สถานที่ท่องเที่ยวhttp://x-pose.org/2010/03/seo-to-hyphen-or-underscore-urls-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-62 สถานที่ท่องเที่ยว Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:56:23 +0000 http://x-pose.org/?p=106#comment-62 Thanks for your useful info, I think it's a good topic<br> Thanks for your useful info, I think it's a good topic

]]> By: guitar lessonshttp://x-pose.org/2010/03/seo-to-hyphen-or-underscore-urls-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-58 guitar lessons Wed, 11 Aug 2010 03:24:53 +0000 http://x-pose.org/?p=106#comment-58 hahahahah, Underscores, what is this 1984? I personally would like to use only what matters for SEO. I can see the point that underscores actually interfere with the underlining of the link but what about other delimiters? I don't want to use slashes, I want all my pages to be for example: <a href="http://www.gogoguitars.com/online-guitar-lessons" rel="nofollow">http://www.gogoguitars.com/online-guitar-lessons</a> rather than something else, ideally though I would like to have a way to separate the parts of the URL hahahahah, Underscores, what is this 1984? I personally would like to use only what matters for SEO. I can see the point that underscores actually interfere with the underlining of the link but what about other delimiters? I don't want to use slashes, I want all my pages to be for example: http://www.gogoguitars.com/online-guitar-lessons rather than something else, ideally though I would like to have a way to separate the parts of the URL

]]> By: SEOhttp://x-pose.org/2010/03/seo-to-hyphen-or-underscore-urls-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-54 SEO Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:53:25 +0000 http://x-pose.org/?p=106#comment-54 I've always used hyphens, and see no real reason to change, but it's always interesting to see all viewpoints. I've always used hyphens, and see no real reason to change, but it's always interesting to see all viewpoints.

]]> By: Ann Smartyhttp://x-pose.org/2010/03/seo-to-hyphen-or-underscore-urls-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Ann Smarty Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:27:48 +0000 http://x-pose.org/?p=106#comment-30 Only one thing to clarify. Please read carefully what I've said in the post "Slowly changing" referred to search engines in general, not Google in particular. Do you have any evidence that ALL search engines treat underscore and hyphen the same way? - Exactly, so "slowly" was the way to emphasize that hyphens are the safer way to go because they are *traditionally* treated as the word separator. Only one thing to clarify. Please read carefully what I've said in the post “Slowly changing” referred to search engines in general, not Google in particular. Do you have any evidence that ALL search engines treat underscore and hyphen the same way? – Exactly, so “slowly” was the way to emphasize that hyphens are the safer way to go because they are *traditionally* treated as the word separator.

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