Google actually changed this a couple years back, I don't recall exactly when. We went in and changed all our underscores to hyphens when Google started dropping out sites farther down the rankings. Then things improved again.
Just Google capriciousness. Judah On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: > > Wow, I had no idea. I'm totally changing my directory structure on a few > sites. Leaving the old links in tact of course. That brings up another > question. What's the best way to do a big change like this? All at once or > roll bits out slowly? > > > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 3:39 PM, Casey Dougall < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> > This might be a good little thread to chat about some SEO stuff. I'll >> > start. >> > Mike D, why does google like hyphens better than underscores? >> > >> > >> > >> When creating directories and page names. Underscores are treated as >> "oneword" while a hyphen is two-words. >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:312033 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
