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Jon Peibst
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Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2003 7:51 pm
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| Quote: | | I wanted to add in that you should definitely go with 'dog-food' as a file name, versus 'dogfood' or 'dog_food'. Using the hyphen allows Google to read the file name as "dog food". The underscore is not read as a space. |
Hi Lynn,
You're absolutely right! Google (and most likely the other SE's) can only recognize words within file names if they are separated by hyphens.
| Quote: | | From what I understand, when you create a filename such as "greatdogfood.htm", SE's read the first word they can make out, in this case "great" (can anyone confirm this for me?). |
I haven't tested this out, but it sounds unlikely. Suppose the SE's can recognize the fist word, what happens when the second word extends the first word?
Eg, "dogstuff.htm". Is it "dog stuff" or "dogs tuff"?
I think that the file name "dogstuff.htm" would only be relevant for the search query "dogstuff".
Anyway, nice post Lynn!
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Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2003 8:43 pm
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| Jon Peibst wrote: | | Quote: | | I wanted to add in that you should definitely go with 'dog-food' as a file name, versus 'dogfood' or 'dog_food'. Using the hyphen allows Google to read the file name as "dog food". The underscore is not read as a space. |
Hi Lynn,
You're absolutely right! Google (and most likely the other SE's) can only recognize words within file names if they are separated by hyphens.
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Hi Lynn and Jon
Very interesting thread.
I have noticed that when I run a search on Google for :
dog_stuff
that Google does recognize the underscore as a space , as per the sites listed #5, 6, 7, 9, 10.
I.e. Google recognize "dog_stuff" as "dog stuff" too.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=dog_stuff&btnG=Google+Search
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Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2003 10:38 pm
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Hi Harith,
If you look closely at the search results for your query "dog_stuff", you'll see that Google has returned results that contain the two words connected by the underscore.
Look for the web site http://www.dogmap.ch/dog_stuff.htm in the results and you'll see that they have "dog stuff" (without the underscore) in their title, except it hasn't been recognized as part of the query.
If you search for "dog-stuff", you'll see that Google has recognized the two words without the hyphen in the search results.
I hope this helps,
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Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2003 11:42 pm
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Wow I can't believe I started such a popular topic!!!
Thank you everyone for your input!
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Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 12:55 am
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| Quote: | | Thank you everyone for your input! |
Your Welcome Scott! Good luck with your site.
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Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 3:01 am
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Thanks Jon ~ Great to meet you here! Would love to hear more about you and what it is that you do... 
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Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 3:03 am
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Thank you Jon,
I echco Terry's words as well!!!
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Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 3:04 am
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Whoops!!
I mean Lynn's words!
Sorry about that Lynn
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Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 3:12 am
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LOL no problem ~ I get called that all the time
(the joy of having two first names )
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Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 6:55 am
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| Anonymous wrote: | Hi Harith,
If you look closely at the search results for your query "dog_stuff", you'll see that Google has returned results that contain the two words connected by the underscore.
Jon Peibst |
Good morning Jon
Actually Google has returned results of "dog stuff" in addition to "dog_stuff", when running a search "dog_stuff"
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=dog_stuff&btnG=Google+Search
Here are the top 5,6,7,8,9,10 listings:
- DogMap - Dog Stuff
- Cox the Saddler Dog Stuff
- Hitch n Hike Dog Stuff
- Dog Stuff
- DOG STUFF
- Dog Stuff
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Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 3:18 pm
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| Quote: | | Thanks Jon ~ Great to meet you here! Would love to hear more about you and what it is that you do... |
It's nice to meet you here to Lynn!
There's not alot to tell really. I've been spending far too much time participating in forums than actually doing anything productive. But, I suppose helping people out (or at least trying to) is more important than success and money. Right?
Besides that, I use my SEO knowledge to promote other peoples products in the SE's and read everything I can about the psychology of writing sales letters and doing business online. Which I find absolutely fascinating!
Have a great day Terry. Oops, I mean Lynn!
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Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 3:24 pm
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LOL Thanks, Jon!
Do you have a website? SEO, Online Business & Sales Copy are three of my favorite topics!
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Yeah, quite a few! But they're all non-marketing related and pretty boring unless you're interested in what they promote.
Here's one I put together a few weeks ago:
http://www.easy-guitar-tabs.com/
It's not the most profitable of the lot, but I like it all the same.
I have been toying with the idea of setting up a SEO resource for internet marketers and small businesses, but I'm not entirely sure yet.
If I do, I'll let you know!
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