Look how old this is! I post at SearchCommander.com now, and this post was published 19 years 6 months 10 days ago. This industry changes FAST, so blindly following the advice here *may not* be a good idea! If you're at all unsure, feel free to hit me up on Twitter and ask.
What’s better for getting found in the Search Engines, dashes or underscores?
This – http://www.domainname.com/page_name_here.html
or this – http://www.domainname.com/page-name-here.html ?
Well, now we know…the answer is….Dashes
http://www.domainname.com/page-name-here.html
why is that? well, read it for yourself at http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/dashes-vs-underscores/
Matt Cutts is a lead engineer at Google, and he writes facts, not speculation. That’s why I’ll be reading it every day, from here on out.
