Comments on: Underscores, Hyphens, and the Kitchen Sink http://www.ginside.com/2007/1252/underscores-hyphens-and-the-kitchen-sink/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=underscores-hyphens-and-the-kitchen-sink Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:16:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jonathan Dingman http://www.ginside.com/2007/1252/underscores-hyphens-and-the-kitchen-sink/#comment-501 Jonathan Dingman Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:24:46 +0000 http://www.ginside.com/2007/1252/underscores-hyphens-and-the-kitchen-sink/#comment-501 I don't see any nofollow links :) [<a href="http://www.ginside.com/2007/1186/matt-cutts-doesnt-respond-to-e-mail-anymore/" rel="nofollow">click here</a>] I remove them after 14 days of having an active comment on my site. Thanks for bringing it up though. I don’t see any nofollow links :) [click here]

I remove them after 14 days of having an active comment on my site.

Thanks for bringing it up though.

]]> By: CGlines http://www.ginside.com/2007/1252/underscores-hyphens-and-the-kitchen-sink/#comment-500 CGlines Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:12:41 +0000 http://www.ginside.com/2007/1252/underscores-hyphens-and-the-kitchen-sink/#comment-500 By the way, I know this is completely off-topic, but I figured I'd mention it and ask out of curiosity since you seem to be rather responsive and informative thus far. Since I'm relatively new to the SEO/webmaster scene and I personally don't have a blog, I'm curious as to your reasons for using rel=nofollow on your comments. This is an issue I've been reading quite a bit about. Obviously using the nofollow tag helps to prevent comment spamming, however you seem to be pretty good about being ontop of moderation, thus negating the need for the tag. Do you ever feel you are doing your readers a dis-service by having the nofollow tag? By the way, I know this is completely off-topic, but I figured I’d mention it and ask out of curiosity since you seem to be rather responsive and informative thus far. Since I’m relatively new to the SEO/webmaster scene and I personally don’t have a blog, I’m curious as to your reasons for using rel=nofollow on your comments. This is an issue I’ve been reading quite a bit about. Obviously using the nofollow tag helps to prevent comment spamming, however you seem to be pretty good about being ontop of moderation, thus negating the need for the tag. Do you ever feel you are doing your readers a dis-service by having the nofollow tag?

]]> By: Jonathan Dingman http://www.ginside.com/2007/1252/underscores-hyphens-and-the-kitchen-sink/#comment-499 Jonathan Dingman Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:49:07 +0000 http://www.ginside.com/2007/1252/underscores-hyphens-and-the-kitchen-sink/#comment-499 Cary, It's probably been a <strong>couple years</strong> that it's been happening/being recognized. Because they are graphic design professors, I doubt they know anything about or even care about SEO. For all practical purposes, it doesn't matter if you use hypens or underscores. But for SEO purposes, it shouldn't matter either, but it does -- still. Take a look <a href="http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=hyphens+underscores&spell=1&oi=spell&sa=X" rel="nofollow">here</a> to read even more around the blogosphere of what's going on with it. Cary,

It’s probably been a couple years that it’s been happening/being recognized.

Because they are graphic design professors, I doubt they know anything about or even care about SEO. For all practical purposes, it doesn’t matter if you use hypens or underscores. But for SEO purposes, it shouldn’t matter either, but it does — still.

Take a look here to read even more around the blogosphere of what’s going on with it.

]]> By: CGlines http://www.ginside.com/2007/1252/underscores-hyphens-and-the-kitchen-sink/#comment-498 CGlines Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:41:34 +0000 http://www.ginside.com/2007/1252/underscores-hyphens-and-the-kitchen-sink/#comment-498 Interestingly enough, I received my bachelor's degree in Graphic Design a little over a year ago and both of my professors in web design classes taught their students to name images using underscores. Any idea how recently these "penalizations" came into public knowledge? I only ask because I'm curious if this is semi-new news, or if my professors just came from an older school of knowledge. It would seem beneficial for them to have taught myself and other students about such things. Interestingly enough, I received my bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design a little over a year ago and both of my professors in web design classes taught their students to name images using underscores. Any idea how recently these “penalizations” came into public knowledge? I only ask because I’m curious if this is semi-new news, or if my professors just came from an older school of knowledge. It would seem beneficial for them to have taught myself and other students about such things.

]]> By: Jonathan Dingman http://www.ginside.com/2007/1252/underscores-hyphens-and-the-kitchen-sink/#comment-497 Jonathan Dingman Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:08:18 +0000 http://www.ginside.com/2007/1252/underscores-hyphens-and-the-kitchen-sink/#comment-497 Cary, That's very true. A lot of older sites should have picked up the ball and ran with it to start using hyphens, but some older CMSs out there are using a set permalink structure which would be hard to change. That said, some sites simply cannot change. Newer sites simply start with the preferred permalink structure, such as Wordpress sites (like this one!) Cary,

That’s very true. A lot of older sites should have picked up the ball and ran with it to start using hyphens, but some older CMSs out there are using a set permalink structure which would be hard to change.

That said, some sites simply cannot change. Newer sites simply start with the preferred permalink structure, such as WordPress sites (like this one!)

]]> By: CGlines http://www.ginside.com/2007/1252/underscores-hyphens-and-the-kitchen-sink/#comment-496 CGlines Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:04:23 +0000 http://www.ginside.com/2007/1252/underscores-hyphens-and-the-kitchen-sink/#comment-496 I think word of the "penalization" for underscores has reached enough webmasters for them to make the necessary changes to FUTURE content additions, however I feel bad for older websites that have a vast amount of images that are named with underscores because frankly no one really wants to go back and rename hundreds of images. I think word of the “penalization” for underscores has reached enough webmasters for them to make the necessary changes to FUTURE content additions, however I feel bad for older websites that have a vast amount of images that are named with underscores because frankly no one really wants to go back and rename hundreds of images.

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