long webpage file names

ConsultClifford · 2004-07-02 13:49:05

hi do long webpage and folder names with key words help your ranking? i read somewhere that google reads words appended by _ as one word so best use - instead. is this correct?? tnx

02-07-2004 02:49PM

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ConsultClifford

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hi do long webpage and folder names with key words help your ranking?

i read somewhere that google reads words appended by _ as one word so best use - instead. is this correct??

tnx

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#2 02-07-2004 03:43PM

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Absolutely. The debate is out on whether to use "-" or "_" - either will do. I think it comes down to personal preference more so than anything else. Combine it with the <title>, <h1>, <h2> tags aswell - and the meta tags help especially with yahoo. Then link text from other websites rules at the moment.

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#3 02-07-2004 04:43PM

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Google used to class words with a "_" and a full word, and one with a "-" as a dash.

However this seems to have changed recently and google seems to be able to pick up words, with or without spaces.

Personally i would keep the folder names to a minium and just put in one keyphrase per folder say and then use the filenames for other keyphrases.

Tom

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