Comments on: Dashes vs. underscores http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/dashes-vs-underscores/ neat fun stuff Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:22:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lisa Goldstein http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/dashes-vs-underscores/#comment-475627 Lisa Goldstein Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:53:46 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=29#comment-475627 My website which is [redacted] Has no dashes, but I have noticed that I now have a competitor with a domain name just like mine except [with dashes], it is my mistake for not buying that domain too because they are getting a lot of my business. My website which is [redacted]

Has no dashes, but I have noticed that I now have a competitor with a domain name just like mine except [with dashes], it is my mistake for not buying that domain too because they are getting a lot of my business.

]]> By: Bobby Jameson http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/dashes-vs-underscores/#comment-475621 Bobby Jameson Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:47:20 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=29#comment-475621 My website (link below) has no dashes and has also been SEO and indexed with a very high ranking on google. [redacted] My website (link below) has no dashes and has also been SEO and indexed with a very high ranking on google.

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]]> By: Mike http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/dashes-vs-underscores/#comment-464686 Mike Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:54:07 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=29#comment-464686 I've been down this road for a couple years now, and have been in search of the perfect deliminator... I once thought the Interpunct would have been perfect for this since it was to represent spaces in latin I think. I personally cannot stand the look of underscores and while I like dashes they have a purpose (subtraction), so you end up with quotes everywhere and you cannot use it in variable/function names. "I wish" programmers_would get-together and produce one freak'in key for spaces in file names and be over with it. Heck, put it next to the space key for all I care. I'm going back to no separations until they fix this. Just my outlook. I’ve been down this road for a couple years now, and have been in search of the perfect deliminator… I once thought the Interpunct would have been perfect for this since it was to represent spaces in latin I think. I personally cannot stand the look of underscores and while I like dashes they have a purpose (subtraction), so you end up with quotes everywhere and you cannot use it in variable/function names. “I wish” programmers_would get-together and produce one freak’in key for spaces in file names and be over with it. Heck, put it next to the space key for all I care. I’m going back to no separations until they fix this.

Just my outlook.

]]> By: niall http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/dashes-vs-underscores/#comment-459771 niall Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:50:26 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=29#comment-459771 Great post Matt, thanks for the help. I love your blog it is so useful and helps make my life as a webmaster much easier :) Great post Matt, thanks for the help. I love your blog it is so useful and helps make my life as a webmaster much easier :)

]]> By: Moore Wilson http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/dashes-vs-underscores/#comment-459751 Moore Wilson Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:36:59 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=29#comment-459751 Have been looking at this issue, watched the youtube videos and still not really any the wiser. I guess the rule of thumb is that it should scan well be easy to remember and match the search query. Not too many hyhens then and a no keyword stuffing! Have been looking at this issue, watched the youtube videos and still not really any the wiser. I guess the rule of thumb is that it should scan well be easy to remember and match the search query. Not too many hyhens then and a no keyword stuffing!

]]> By: Lucky Murari http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/dashes-vs-underscores/#comment-456392 Lucky Murari Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:29:35 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=29#comment-456392 I was ROFLing when I saw this post as second result for *buy cheap Viagra online* :)) http://www.google.com/search?q=buy+cheap+Viagra+online&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=com.ubuntu:en-US:official&client=firefox-a Matt , you sure are an authority :PP I was ROFLing when I saw this post as second result for *buy cheap Viagra online* :) )
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Matt , you sure are an authority :P P

]]> By: Jonathan (The Brain Teacher) Crabtree http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/dashes-vs-underscores/#comment-456169 Jonathan (The Brain Teacher) Crabtree Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:43:52 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=29#comment-456169 Hi Matt, Thanks for your blog. I'm just launching http://thebrainteacher.com and wonder if I should also register the same domain with hyphens between the words. Should one have a permanent re-direct to the other? Thanks Jonathan Hi Matt,

Thanks for your blog. I’m just launching http://thebrainteacher.com and wonder if I should also register the same domain with hyphens between the words. Should one have a permanent re-direct to the other?

Thanks
Jonathan

]]> By: Bob Smith http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/dashes-vs-underscores/#comment-450555 Bob Smith Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:10:25 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=29#comment-450555 Ahhhh i always wondered which was best to go for. I went for dashes as that seemed to be more common, glad i picked the right one now. Seriously tho that has been bugging me for ages! Ahhhh i always wondered which was best to go for. I went for dashes as that seemed to be more common, glad i picked the right one now. Seriously tho that has been bugging me for ages!

]]> By: Manan Patel http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/dashes-vs-underscores/#comment-449485 Manan Patel Thu, 07 Jan 2010 06:50:51 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=29#comment-449485 can i use " - " in my home page title like manan patel, seo executive insted of manan patel - seo executive can you help me out of that..... thanx a lot. Manan Patel INDIA can i use ” – ” in my home page title

like
manan patel, seo executive
insted of
manan patel – seo executive

can you help me out of that…..

thanx a lot.

Manan Patel
INDIA

]]> By: Mark http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/dashes-vs-underscores/#comment-437868 Mark Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:32:52 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=29#comment-437868 To Charles, hyphens all the way...easier for humans to read AND for search engines to pick out key words. <a href="http://www.cuyx.com" rel="nofollow">Mark</a> To Charles, hyphens all the way…easier for humans to read AND for search engines to pick out key words.

Mark

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