Comments on: Google’s Treatment of Underscores vs Hyphens – The Confusion http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-underscores-hyphens/6010/ Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:28:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: link building service http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-underscores-hyphens/6010/comment-page-1/#comment-1092588 link building service Mon, 26 Jan 2009 04:37:47 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-underscores-hyphens/6010/#comment-1092588 well, as per my experience, using underscores or hyphens doesn't make any HUGE difference in your rankings. use hyphens or underscore, google actually treat them as two separate words. well, as per my experience, using underscores or hyphens doesn’t make any HUGE difference in your rankings. use hyphens or underscore, google actually treat them as two separate words.

]]> By: SEO Web Design http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-underscores-hyphens/6010/comment-page-1/#comment-881521 SEO Web Design Sat, 19 Jan 2008 15:47:43 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-underscores-hyphens/6010/#comment-881521 Come on this subject has been for so long. Why not lets just face it and use hypens instead of arguing about this topic and hoping one day underscore will be treated the same.Cheerz Come on this subject has been for so long. Why not lets just face it and use hypens instead of arguing about this topic and hoping one day underscore will be treated the same.Cheerz

]]> By: Doug Heil http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-underscores-hyphens/6010/comment-page-1/#comment-824535 Doug Heil Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:14:06 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-underscores-hyphens/6010/#comment-824535 If people actually read what Google said back in July, you would have known they were just thinking about the underscore thing. It's amazing how our industry puts words into what other's may say. I didn't see any confusion at all back then. If people actually read what Google said back in July, you would have known they were just thinking about the underscore thing. It’s amazing how our industry puts words into what other’s may say. I didn’t see any confusion at all back then.

]]> By: Phil Geraghty http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-underscores-hyphens/6010/comment-page-1/#comment-741250 Phil Geraghty Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:14:39 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-underscores-hyphens/6010/#comment-741250 The might that is Google, dominator of all things internet, lord of all search. Still cant figure out a _ from a -. I smell conspiracy, i think it has something to do with a grassy knoll and the CIA, or could it be that Google has reached its limit, this is surely the end of google, bring back altavista! :) The might that is Google, dominator of all things internet, lord of all search. Still cant figure out a _ from a -. I smell conspiracy, i think it has something to do with a grassy knoll and the CIA, or could it be that Google has reached its limit, this is surely the end of google, bring back altavista! :)

]]> By: publicidad en Google http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-underscores-hyphens/6010/comment-page-1/#comment-738545 publicidad en Google Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:54:07 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-underscores-hyphens/6010/#comment-738545 Hi Dave. Totally agree, I read that post some months ago, but as you say, Google returns very different results with underscores, hyphens and spaces, what it means that things are still the same. Maybe the people at Google are quite busy to change the algorithms, the best option is still use hyphens. Hi Dave.
Totally agree, I read that post some months ago, but as you say, Google returns very different results with underscores, hyphens and spaces, what it means that things are still the same.

Maybe the people at Google are quite busy to change the algorithms, the best option is still use hyphens.

]]> By: Marcel http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-underscores-hyphens/6010/comment-page-1/#comment-738494 Marcel Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:22:45 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-underscores-hyphens/6010/#comment-738494 So how do you come to the conclusion that querying with a phrase is the same as ranking with that phrase in the URL? If monkeys walk does that mean everything that walks is a monkey? Wow. So how do you come to the conclusion that querying with a phrase is the same as ranking with that phrase in the URL? If monkeys walk does that mean everything that walks is a monkey? Wow.

]]> By: Richard Burckhardt http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-underscores-hyphens/6010/comment-page-1/#comment-738395 Richard Burckhardt Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:59:28 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-underscores-hyphens/6010/#comment-738395 Yep, thanks for pointing that out. I remember at the time of Matt's statement most thought it was a done deal. Out of habit, I use dashes instead of underscores in my naming. Hmmmm, I wonder how long Google is going to keep "someone looking at that now" as it is the end of November. Yep, thanks for pointing that out. I remember at the time of Matt’s statement most thought it was a done deal. Out of habit, I use dashes instead of underscores in my naming.

Hmmmm, I wonder how long Google is going to keep “someone looking at that now” as it is the end of November.

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