Double hyphens not affected your SEO directly but it odd for your link visualization. Because link structure is very important factor in SEO If your links structured according to SEO then it gives best results.
Hyphens are a very common convention in folder names, and while too many can possibly be a negative in a domain name (it-is-a-really-hyphenated-domain.com for example) they're an accepted practice in folder / file names.
One thing I'd ask though is if someone had a hyphen in their folder name to begin with, would that cause something like /double-----dash--becomes--quintuple--dash/ ? If so I'd ask them to try a little harder to get the dashes down to a minimum, just for the sake of keeping the
You may be right but my view are different, Actually, i have not used double hyphens, you generally think that it is the part of On page SEO. That is Link Structure, if your site not have proper link structure and internal linking how you get good grade for branding your product that why it is important to fix it.
Comments (18)
Gangadhar Kulkarni
16
Internet Marketing Professional
Double hyphens not affected your SEO directly but it odd for your link visualization. Because link structure is very important factor in SEO If your links structured according to SEO then it gives best results.
Ritesh Satia
1
Web Development Expert
No, not at all. There is no any bad effect of 2 hyphens in SEO.
Jiya Singh (WebHosti...
8
Web Hosting Expert@ WebHostingDekho
Double hyphens don't have any negative effect onSEO, but it doesn't look nice to see these kind of url's
Teach Courses
7
Online Education
No hyphens have no effect on seo, the pages rank just fine in Google.
Alba Masha
5
Works at service provider
I don't think so...................
Maitrix Infotech
7
Website Designing, Development & ( SEO/SEM/SMO)
no, no any negative effect. But URL structure doesn't look good.
Lisa Top
3
Product Advisor
Double hyphens not a negative impact on the seo an ranking but can reduce the CTR.
Pinki Pal
9
We Make Your Day Remarkable
Hyphens are a very common convention in folder names, and while too many can possibly be a negative in a domain name (it-is-a-really-hyphenated-domain.com for example) they're an accepted practice in folder / file names.
One thing I'd ask though is if someone had a hyphen in their folder name to begin with, would that cause something like /double-----dash--becomes--quintuple--dash/ ? If so I'd ask them to try a little harder to get the dashes down to a minimum, just for the sake of keeping the
Anubhav Yadav
14
Digital Marketing
Send me the link plz.
Anubhav Yadav
14
Digital Marketing
I think some problem with coding that why? you checked.
Pankaj Sharma
16
Digital Marketing Professional
@Anubhav,
My website is dynamic & generated url's with double hyphens automatically. What should I do?
Anubhav Yadav
14
Digital Marketing
You may be right but my view are different, Actually, i have not used double hyphens, you generally think that it is the part of On page SEO. That is Link Structure, if your site not have proper link structure and internal linking how you get good grade for branding your product that why it is important to fix it.
Thanks.
Pankaj Sharma
16
Digital Marketing Professional
Thanks Solah & Santosh
Solah Aana
10
Online Shopping Store
no.. double hyphens don't have any negative effect on seo.. but it doesn't look nice to see these in url's...