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SEO and file name capitalization

by GlenH
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HI,

Is there any impact SEO wise if the files names for all my web pages where written as 'Capitalized'..

www.mysitename.com/Golf/The-Best-Golf-Clubs.php

as against non 'capitalized'

www.mysitename.com/golf/the-best-golf-clubs.php


I'm finding many conflicting answers as to whether there is any difference, or penalty.

Of course it would be that all the pages of the site would be consistent throughout.

NOT some pages 'Capitalized-Pages, and others -non capitalized-

--Glen
#capitalization #file #seo
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    • Profile picture of the author dburk
      Hi GlenH,

      The search engines don't care if you use caps or not. However, if your web server is case sensitive it could be an issue if you generate a ton of 404 errors. If your server is not case sensitive then it doesn't make a difference.

      There are many possible situations where a URL to your site could have the case forced to lower case and in the event your server is case sensitive (i.e. Unix/Linux platforms) visitors will get a 404 error.
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    • Profile picture of the author Mike Adams
      Originally Posted by dave147 View Post

      I think you should use non caps because:

      1. people are not going to use caps when searching
      2. when you submit your site to some SEs the link is changed to lowercase and
      will not work if you use caps

      Right, using drop caps in the file name may cause canonicalization
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  • Profile picture of the author TechBlog
    yea using caps in url causes 404 error at times for people who directly enter want to enter the url and open it... they might not use some capital ... so betta be with the lowercase
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  • Profile picture of the author Jenie0109
    so use a file name without any capitalization to avoid this error and for visitors to be not confused by file name
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