space in file name?

I did a quick copy and paste job when setting
a load of pages up and had a link set up with
a space between 2 keywords
ie
/keyword -keyword.html

The page with the links pointing to it was also the
same.
What problems, if any, can this cause?
TIA.

T.J. wrote:

I did a quick copy and paste job when setting
a load of pages up and had a link set up with
a space between 2 keywords
ie
/keyword -keyword.html

The page with the links pointing to it was also the
same.
What problems, if any, can this cause?
TIA.

Hi T.J,

I don't think it causes any problems. Google substitutes the % symbol
into any gaps.

AFAIK.

Jez.

"T.J." <no1 (AT) home (DOT) invalid> wrote

I did a quick copy and paste job when setting
a load of pages up and had a link set up with
a space between 2 keywords
ie
/keyword -keyword.html

The page with the links pointing to it was also the
same.
What problems, if any, can this cause?
TIA.

Hi TJ,

If all the links going to it are the same then nothing. I have some urls
with spaces it does fine. Now, at times trying to copy and such it will
sshow such-such20%-keywords.html.

Stacey
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"T.J." <no1 (AT) home (DOT) invalid> wrote in message
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I did a quick copy and paste job when setting
a load of pages up and had a link set up with
a space between 2 keywords
ie
/keyword -keyword.html

The page with the links pointing to it was also the
same.
What problems, if any, can this cause?
TIA.


Hi TJ,

If all the links going to it are the same then nothing. I have some urls
with spaces it does fine. Now, at times trying to copy and such it will
sshow such-such20%-keywords.html.

That's (well almost, it's "such-such%20-keywords.html") how it should be
written correctly. Spaces are not allowed in URIs, so if you need one then
write %20 (hex value of the ascii code for space) instead of the space
character. Same story for many other characters.
Browsers and bots may tolerate invalid URIs, try to read the authors mind
and may even succeed, but there's not guarantee - and doing it right does
no harm at all.

--
Benjamin Niemann
Email: pink at odahoda dot de
WWW: http://www.odahoda.de/

"Benjamin Niemann" <pink (AT) odahoda (DOT) de> wrote

Stacey wrote:

"T.J." <no1 (AT) home (DOT) invalid> wrote in message
news:du7hsm$h5e$1 (AT) nwrdmz03 (DOT) dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
I did a quick copy and paste job when setting
a load of pages up and had a link set up with
a space between 2 keywords
ie
/keyword -keyword.html

The page with the links pointing to it was also the
same.
What problems, if any, can this cause?
TIA.


Hi TJ,

If all the links going to it are the same then nothing. I have some urls
with spaces it does fine. Now, at times trying to copy and such it will
sshow such-such20%-keywords.html.

That's (well almost, it's "such-such%20-keywords.html") how it should be

Sorry, typo. That is what I meant. Thanks!:-)

__/ [ Benjamin Niemann ] on Thursday 02 March 2006 20:30 \__

Stacey wrote:

"T.J." <no1 (AT) home (DOT) invalid> wrote in message
news:du7hsm$h5e$1 (AT) nwrdmz03 (DOT) dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
I did a quick copy and paste job when setting
a load of pages up and had a link set up with
a space between 2 keywords
ie
/keyword -keyword.html

The page with the links pointing to it was also the
same.
What problems, if any, can this cause?
TIA.


Hi TJ,

If all the links going to it are the same then nothing. I have some urls
with spaces it does fine. Now, at times trying to copy and such it will
sshow such-such20%-keywords.html.

That's (well almost, it's "such-such%20-keywords.html") how it should be
written correctly. Spaces are not allowed in URIs, so if you need one then
write %20 (hex value of the ascii code for space) instead of the space
character. Same story for many other characters.
Browsers and bots may tolerate invalid URIs, try to read the authors mind
and may even succeed, but there's not guarantee - and doing it right does
no harm at all.

You may have some 404's raised in due time. Not all browsers handle that
gracefully. I say it because I made this mistake in the past, owing to
laziness. I suggest that you mend it before it's too late (crawled, linked
and/or bookmarked)

Hope it helps,

Roy

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