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    • oomdomarketing
      oomdomarketing last edited by

      HI Guys,

      Would it make a difference if I named a URL

      2014-ford-fiesta.html

      or

      2014+ford+fiesta.html

      Thanks!

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      • WhoWuddaThunk
        WhoWuddaThunk last edited by

        +'s in urls simply represent a space.  Dashes are also used as a space.  So, there would be no impact.  You can find thousands of sites doing well in the SERPS using +'s.

        That being said, if I was building it from scratch I'd use dashes.  Just easier to read for users, and there is a small possibility that it could trip up the search engines.  Super minor unrealistically small chance, but I put my tin foil hat on the same way many SEOs do.

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