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Dash or Underscore in URLs?

Dash or Underscore in URLs?

Posted 04 April 2009 | By Mike | Categories: Google, On-Page Optimization, Organic Traffic | No Comments

The question is: within the URL of a webpage should you use a dash (-) or an underscore(_) to separate words?  For example: www.somesite.com/page-about-bagels.html VERSUS www.somesite.com/page_about_bagels.html
Like the Hi Definition format wars, we have an undisputed winner in the to dash or to underscore question.  There is no reason to use an underscore unless a searcher [...]