FreeLists / dokuwiki / [dokuwiki] Re: dash or underscore as word seperator in url for search engine indexation

["Syv Ritch" <elfroggio@xxxxxxxxx>]

Matt Cutts is a 'big wig' at Google [he is in charge of the anti-spam
dept], and wrote a blog entry on dashes versus underscores:

http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/dashes-vs-underscores/

Here is also another one very interesting:

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

On Dec 18, 2007 11:50 AM, Tux <cactux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> After some search on this mailing list, I could not find any message
> regarding the best choice in the use of dash "-" or underscore "_" as
> word seperator in url for search engine indexation.
>
> Why this question?
> Because I made some search, and it seems that it is much better to use
> the dash "-" than the underscore "_" to separate words.
> So this first example will be better referenced by Google:
> http://www.example.com/dokuwiki/discover-the-use-of-the-wiki-tool
> Than this one:
> http://www.example.com/dokuwiki/discover_the_use_of_the_wiki_tool
>
> Here are some references regarding this subject:
> http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/dashes-vs-underscores/
> http://orderedlist.com/articles/an-underscore-solution
> http://forums.searchenginewatch.com/archive/index.php/t-6460.html
> And more with this google search:
> http://www.google.com/search?q=seo+dash+underscore
>
> Personnaly, I prefer underscore to separate words, I find this more readable.
> However, I set up my Dokuwiki to dash separator in order to improve my
> Google ranking (using the $conf['sepchar'] variable).
>
> What are your thoughts on this subject?
>
> Yann
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