Comments on: Should I use underscores or hyphens in URLs? http://www.thaihealth.net/blog/2010/08/should-i-use-underscores-or-hyphens-in-urls/ seo knowledge wordpress and hosting by Dr.K Tue, 19 Apr 2011 05:59:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: caseychesh http://www.thaihealth.net/blog/2010/08/should-i-use-underscores-or-hyphens-in-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-5839 caseychesh Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:59:59 +0000 http://www.thaihealth.net/blog/2010/08/should-i-use-underscores-or-hyphens-in-urls/#comment-5839 first view! first view!

]]> By: pjeide http://www.thaihealth.net/blog/2010/08/should-i-use-underscores-or-hyphens-in-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-5838 pjeide Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:17:53 +0000 http://www.thaihealth.net/blog/2010/08/should-i-use-underscores-or-hyphens-in-urls/#comment-5838 Thanks Matt! Thanks Matt!

]]> By: abfabmedia http://www.thaihealth.net/blog/2010/08/should-i-use-underscores-or-hyphens-in-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-5837 abfabmedia Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:57:24 +0000 http://www.thaihealth.net/blog/2010/08/should-i-use-underscores-or-hyphens-in-urls/#comment-5837 That will help me point someone on the right track Thanks! David That will help me point someone on the right track

Thanks!

David

]]> By: pigsonthewinguk http://www.thaihealth.net/blog/2010/08/should-i-use-underscores-or-hyphens-in-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-5836 pigsonthewinguk Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:39:05 +0000 http://www.thaihealth.net/blog/2010/08/should-i-use-underscores-or-hyphens-in-urls/#comment-5836 People are already using underscores as separators, Google should honour that, rather then trying to specify what people should. use. People are already using underscores as separators, Google should honour that, rather then trying to specify what people should. use.

]]> By: ontheflipside200 http://www.thaihealth.net/blog/2010/08/should-i-use-underscores-or-hyphens-in-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-5835 ontheflipside200 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:07:14 +0000 http://www.thaihealth.net/blog/2010/08/should-i-use-underscores-or-hyphens-in-urls/#comment-5835 There was an article on cnet on Matt Cutts from google at WordCamp 2007' proclaiming that google was using underscores as separators. just google cnet underscore word separators. Why the preference for dashes when it seems there is no difference? There was an article on cnet on Matt Cutts from google at WordCamp 2007′ proclaiming that google was using underscores as separators.
just google cnet underscore word separators.

Why the preference for dashes when it seems there is no difference?

]]> By: GoogleWebmasterHelp http://www.thaihealth.net/blog/2010/08/should-i-use-underscores-or-hyphens-in-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-5834 GoogleWebmasterHelp Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:20:24 +0000 http://www.thaihealth.net/blog/2010/08/should-i-use-underscores-or-hyphens-in-urls/#comment-5834 @ontheflipside200: Matt clarified what he said at WordCamp on his blog on August 10, 2007. Try searching for [Whitehat SEO tips for bloggers] and that should bring it up. - Wysz, Google Webmaster Central @ontheflipside200: Matt clarified what he said at WordCamp on his blog on August 10, 2007. Try searching for [Whitehat SEO tips for bloggers] and that should bring it up.

- Wysz, Google Webmaster Central

]]> By: ontheflipside200 http://www.thaihealth.net/blog/2010/08/should-i-use-underscores-or-hyphens-in-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-5833 ontheflipside200 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:11:52 +0000 http://www.thaihealth.net/blog/2010/08/should-i-use-underscores-or-hyphens-in-urls/#comment-5833 Thanks for the clarification. Thanks for the clarification.

]]> By: dushyant78 http://www.thaihealth.net/blog/2010/08/should-i-use-underscores-or-hyphens-in-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-5832 dushyant78 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:48:13 +0000 http://www.thaihealth.net/blog/2010/08/should-i-use-underscores-or-hyphens-in-urls/#comment-5832 I totally agree. Sometimes its a technical challenge, depending on what platform your site is coded in. When you have a large number of high ranking pages, that all follow different URL patterns but use underscores instead of hyphens, there should be no reason to change your site to use hyphens. I have personally seen cases where doing permanent redirects as a method of passing rankings along from an old page to new page are highly ineffective with regards to preserving SERP rankings. I totally agree. Sometimes its a technical challenge, depending on what platform your site is coded in. When you have a large number of high ranking pages, that all follow different URL patterns but use underscores instead of hyphens, there should be no reason to change your site to use hyphens. I have personally seen cases where doing permanent redirects as a method of passing rankings along from an old page to new page are highly ineffective with regards to preserving SERP rankings.

]]> By: somfplease http://www.thaihealth.net/blog/2010/08/should-i-use-underscores-or-hyphens-in-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-5831 somfplease Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:51:32 +0000 http://www.thaihealth.net/blog/2010/08/should-i-use-underscores-or-hyphens-in-urls/#comment-5831 underscores make things easier to read in a url especially if posted as a link. mouseover "QuickList" or "Account" at the top on this page (if logged in). Doesn't google own youtube? underscores make things easier to read in a url especially if posted as a link.

mouseover “QuickList” or “Account” at the top on this page (if logged in). Doesn’t google own youtube?

]]> By: larssonk22 http://www.thaihealth.net/blog/2010/08/should-i-use-underscores-or-hyphens-in-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-5830 larssonk22 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 09:51:44 +0000 http://www.thaihealth.net/blog/2010/08/should-i-use-underscores-or-hyphens-in-urls/#comment-5830 I don't think Google needs to worry about their own sites since they own the search engine. + I'm unsure how much of the internal link structure has changed after the Google buy out. I don’t think Google needs to worry about their own sites since they own the search engine. + I’m unsure how much of the internal link structure has changed after the Google buy out.

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