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  • 02-07-2004 2:49pm
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    ConsultClifford
    Registered Users Posts: 252 ✭✭


    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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    nahdoic
    Registered Users Posts: 944 ✭✭✭nahdoic


    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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    tomED
    Registered Users Posts: 1,452 ✭✭✭tomED


    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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