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Google now considers Underscores to be word separators

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Added by Garnet Chaney, last edited by Garnet Chaney on Jul 28, 2007

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Underscores are now word separators, proclaims Google http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9748779-7.html

Google used to include file names in their allinanchor calculations but only for a limited period...
MSN & Yahoo rely more on onpage features
Dashes may be better than spaces or underscores because dashes are still easy to see even when underlined.

HTTP_POST was meaning one word to Google to help with programming searches.

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