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Old 08-06-2006, 07:28 PM   #1
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seo and urls, a question..

I have a question concering the seo with the urls of one of my sites that I am working on. The cms generates urls that look like this

http://www.domain.com/review/My+dick+is+massive

I am curious if the + sign would be better off replaced with a -

Am I just being to picky?
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Old 08-06-2006, 07:30 PM   #2
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by the way I know I should have posted a hot pic in this thread to get some attention to it, but I figured a business related topic might do some good on this board.
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Old 08-06-2006, 07:30 PM   #3
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In my opinion, yes, I would replace it. The + sign is used more in searches and session ids that the search engines don't want. In my opinion, it is much safer to use a -.
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Old 08-06-2006, 07:31 PM   #4
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You're probably just being picky, but since I'm a negative person, I prefer - over + any day.
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Old 08-06-2006, 07:33 PM   #5
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Use - over +
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Old 08-06-2006, 07:35 PM   #6
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You're probably just being picky, but since I'm a negative person, I prefer - over + any day.
AHahha I like the way you put that...
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Old 08-06-2006, 07:36 PM   #7
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the google patent talks about - being more acceptable
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Old 08-06-2006, 07:46 PM   #8
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no idea if im correct


but i was told that search engines, google mostly uses - as a space in the url, so if you have say... .com/something_here google reads it as .com/somethinghere and .com/something-here as .com/something here

so i guess if you want to read properly use neg over pos
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Old 08-06-2006, 08:04 PM   #9
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by the way I know I should have posted a hot pic in this thread to get some attention to it, but I figured a business related topic might do some good on this board.
You should have put HOT PIC in the title, too.

No, you are not being too picky.
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Old 08-06-2006, 09:51 PM   #10
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bump for a business thread

yes use -

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