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underscores or dashes

by rugman
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Is there is a difference between using underscores vs dashes for pages on a website? Thought I read someplace one was better but can't remember.
#dashes #underscores
  • Profile picture of the author Technista
    Dashes vs underscores has been an ongoing debate in web development circles for years. A very good analysis of the subject can be found on the digitalpoint forum here: Domain Name Dilemma: Do Dashes or Underscores Goose Google Rankings More?

    On a personal note, my preference is dashes, they're easier to read and easier to type (doesn't require hitting the shift key to type it in).
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  • Profile picture of the author hireava
    A simple way of seeing that underscores are not treated as spaces is to type a phrase into the searchbox, but with 2 words joined together by an underscore. Do the search and look at the “Results 1 – 10 of about …” bit. Each identified, non-stopword, word is linked to a definition, but not the pair that are joined by an underscore.
    It’s not nearly as interesting as a trip in the Google time machine, but it’s a lot plainer
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  • Profile picture of the author Evan-M
    I agree with Technista dashes are just easier to see and type
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