Web Site File Names

[olds]

I just had some employer Drupal training on updating our office web pages. In the past, this was done through a webmaster but the role is going to users in the offices.

The trainer said to use underscores in file names: IE my_web_page.html

I was looking for more info online and found a page that said not to use underscore. It suggested dashes: IE my-web-page.

Found another page that said to use underscore.

I've done a few pages in the past that didn't mean anything so I always just used a "run on": IE mywebpage.

I am trying to write up a list of approved naming conventions that we call can abide by for consistency.

What's the best format?

Thanks.

 

[sourceninja]

This is a SEO question, I'm not sure how google ranks _ vs - currently, but in the past google did not realize _ was a word separator and ranked pages lower. So there is not a right answer here, there are 'better' answers based on modern SEO strategies.

 

[olds]

This is a SEO question, I'm not sure how google ranks _ vs - currently, but in the past google did not realize _ was a word separator and ranked pages lower. So there is not a right answer here, there are 'better' answers based on modern SEO strategies.

These pages are on an Intranet, so google rankings may not matter?

 

[sourceninja]

yea, if you don't worry about SEO rankings then this is 100% personal preference.

 

[DaveSimmons]

One minor point in favor of dash instead of underscore is that underscores disappear in underlined web links, so you can't tell them apart from spaces.

 

[olds]

Good point.
Thanks to both of you. :beer:

 

[Lokesh Sharma]

hey there,
The better way is my-web-page, infect his the best way because using this kind(my-web-page) of url makes the web-page more SEO friendly and the ranking of your site will increase by this.
Thank You.