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Does google see an asterisk as a word break?

by Steviebone
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Will google index a word on a page with and asterisk on the end of it correctly?

For example: marriage* void*

would these words be correctly indexed as marriage and void?
#asterisk #break #google #word
  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    Try reading your first thread.
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    • Profile picture of the author Steviebone
      I'm not talking about titles, I'm talking about the body of a page. I'm going to assume it's bad practice anywhere. Thank you.
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      • Profile picture of the author yukon
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        Originally Posted by Steviebone View Post

        I'm not talking about titles, I'm talking about the body of a page. I'm going to assume it's bad practice anywhere. Thank you.
        First lets look at the definition of asterisk:

        A symbol (*) used to mark printed or written text, typically as a reference to an annotation or to stand for omitted matter.
        • So, are you making a reference to some other text that's on the same webpage?
        • Why do you want to use an asterisk, does it serve a purpose?

        An asterisk isn't going to hurt a page, If that was the case you wouldn't see asterisks in the SERPs (yet they're in the SERPs).
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        • Profile picture of the author Steviebone
          Originally Posted by yukon View Post

          First lets look at the definition of asterisk:
          So, are you making a reference to some other text that's on the same webpage?
          • Why do you want to use an asterisk, does it serve a purpose?

          An asterisk isn't going to hurt a page, If that was the case you wouldn't see asterisks in the SERPs (yet they're in the SERPs).

          It denotes an inexact match on a search result page. For example:

          Search results for: appoint* in paragraphs of {bookname}

          which means the search finds appoint, appointment, appointed etc.

          What I'm asking is, since the search term is a keyword for the page will Google see the word "appoint*" and index it as "appoint". I'm thinking I should change this to avoid indexing confusion. What effect does the asterisk have on how google indexes the word?

          Thanks.
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