Hyphen in URL
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Hi,
I would like to know if the following statement holds true today or it doesn't matter whether we use hyphens or underscore
If you have a URL like keyword1_keyword2, Google will only return that page if the user searches for keyword1_keyword2 ( highly unlikely ) .
But If you have a URL like keyword1-keyword2, that page can be returned for the searches - keyword1,keyword2 and even “keyword1keyword2”
Thanks
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Though I doubt your customers are going to be searching for you with an underscore.
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me too, underscors look like spam
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Plus it just looks better to the user. IMO. Cleaner.
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correct
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Thanks Alan.
But If you have a URL like keyword1-keyword2, that page can be returned for the searches - keyword1,keyword2 and even “keyword1keyword2”
Let's say url is www.example.com/seo-india
This page can be returned for seo, "seoindia", seo india, and even seo-india, but not for seo_india
Am i right ?
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Yes it is true, well it is true that - is treated as a seperator, _ is not in google
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