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Old 03-21-2005, 05:40 AM
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Default Hyphens vs Underscore vs DMOZ
I've seen many postings in many forums that hypens should be used in file/folder names rather underscores.

The simple widget test of typing in:
blue widgets
blue-widgets
blue_widgets

....and seeing which 2 sets of results are the more similar - would also back up hyphens rather than underscores.

However, DMOZ uses underscores?

Are there any reasons for this other than historic naming conventions?
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Are there any reasons for this other than historic naming conventions?
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Someone actually ran a test:

http://www.webrankinfo.com/english/s...underscore.php

--> hyphen = divider
--> underscore = combiner


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Succinct and to the point.
Excellent.
Thanks to you both.
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