Will major SE's Index This Page?

[Halfdeck]

If there are any uncommon words in there, like "wang", then the _ may prevent the url from matching in search queries, at least in Google. You can see this going on also in Google image, where a search for "sandra bullock nude" will match sandra-bullock-nude.jpg but probably won't match 434w_sandra_bullock_nude.jpg. It'll partially match 345w_sandra-bullock-nude.jpg but Google will consider 345w_sandra to be one word.

[neveremail]

Originally Posted by Halfdeck

If there are any uncommon words in there, like "wang", then the _ may prevent the url from matching in search queries, at least in Google. You can see this going on also in Google image, where a search for "sandra bullock nude" will match sandra-bullock-nude.jpg but probably won't match 434w_sandra_bullock_nude.jpg. It'll partially match 345w_sandra-bullock-nude.jpg but Google will consider 345w_sandra to be one word.

why is 345w_sandra considered one word?

[Halfdeck]

Originally Posted by neveremail

why is 345w_sandra considered one word?

Right now, Google doesn't regard _ as a space. To G, 345w_sandra looks like 345wxsandra. If the embedded word is an obscure word/name, Google won't recognize it embedded in the string.

[neveremail]

Originally Posted by Halfdeck

Right now, Google doesn't regard _ as a space. To G, 345w_sandra looks like 345wxsandra. If the embedded word is an obscure word/name, Google won't recognize it embedded in the string.

Thanks halfdeck.

Good job I have been using - instead of _ then