tayiper
07-20-2007, 03:33 PM
I started to think about this when I realized that there is an inconsistency in the naming of URLs provided to me (well, I've chosen them) by the 50webs (http://50webs.com/) free-host that I am using.
You see, my main personal computing homepage has its URL named http://tadej-ivan.50webs.com/ (note the dash), while my other general personal "navigational" website has: http://tadejpersic.50webs.com/ (note there's no dash); oh and yes, Ivan and Tadej are my two first names, while Persic (or more correctly Peršič) is my surname/second-name.
Therefore I am curious what do you think would be the best: to change the URL of my computing homepage to: http://tadejivan.50webs.com/, or rather change the URL of my general personal "navigational" website to http://tadej-persic.50webs.com/??!
Anyway, if this has any relevance (i.e. naming with compare to without the dash), then what's the best from SEO point of view: the variant with the "-" character, or the variant without the "-" character?? And also, what about the use of "_" (IIRC it's referred to as "underline") char, I mean is it more or less the "equivalent" to "-" char in such cases of naming the domain/URL??!
tayiper
You see, my main personal computing homepage has its URL named http://tadej-ivan.50webs.com/ (note the dash), while my other general personal "navigational" website has: http://tadejpersic.50webs.com/ (note there's no dash); oh and yes, Ivan and Tadej are my two first names, while Persic (or more correctly Peršič) is my surname/second-name.
Therefore I am curious what do you think would be the best: to change the URL of my computing homepage to: http://tadejivan.50webs.com/, or rather change the URL of my general personal "navigational" website to http://tadej-persic.50webs.com/??!
Anyway, if this has any relevance (i.e. naming with compare to without the dash), then what's the best from SEO point of view: the variant with the "-" character, or the variant without the "-" character?? And also, what about the use of "_" (IIRC it's referred to as "underline") char, I mean is it more or less the "equivalent" to "-" char in such cases of naming the domain/URL??!
tayiper