file names with a dash or underscore

I am going to rename some long file names on my online store.

Should I use the underscore or dash.

unique_christmas_ornament
unique-christmas-ornament

what do the engines like to see?

thanks in advance

In article <Y752c.15283$UF1.2081396 (AT) news4 (DOT) srv.hcvlny.cv.net>, Danny
says...

I am going to rename some long file names on my online store.

Should I use the underscore or dash.

unique_christmas_ornament
unique-christmas-ornament

Always dash.

Google will pick out keywords from filenames if you use dashes to
seperate them, while filenames with underscores are counted as a single
word.

--
Daniel Ruscoe
http://www.brakedisc.net

Thank you
Does the same go for a filename?
what would you recommend for a thumbnail image and the main image

Thanks

"Daniel Ruscoe" <daniel.ruscoe (AT) dualstone (DOT) co.uk> wrote

In article <Y752c.15283$UF1.2081396 (AT) news4 (DOT) srv.hcvlny.cv.net>, Danny
says...
I am going to rename some long file names on my online store.

Should I use the underscore or dash.

unique_christmas_ornament
unique-christmas-ornament

Always dash.

Google will pick out keywords from filenames if you use dashes to
seperate them, while filenames with underscores are counted as a single
word.

--
Daniel Ruscoe
http://www.brakedisc.net

On 05 Mar 2004, in news:MPG.1ab33c2b7a18e77b98982f (AT) news (DOT) btopenworld.com,
Daniel Ruscoe <daniel.ruscoe (AT) dualstone (DOT) co.uk> scrawled:

Always dash.

Google will pick out keywords from filenames if you use dashes to
seperate them, while filenames with underscores are counted as a single
word.

Now *that* makes sense and meshes with my tests/discoveries...

Explanation filed.

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Skorpion (CET)

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