Google may recognize underscores as word separators in URLs like they have been doing with hyphens. Google may now be among the major search engines, Yahoo and MSN Live that have been recognizing this naming convention in the past, according to Texas Search Engine Optimization.
URLs using hyphen naming conventions like http://www.seo-metro.com/search-engine-optimization.html may be seen and indexed the same as URLs with the naming convention using underscores http://www.seo_metro.com/search_engine_optimization.html
Web authors who have used the underscore file naming in the past should be pleased and may see some positive positioning in search results and a possible increase in traffic if Google recognizes the naming convention.
URLs using hyphen naming conventions like http://www.seo-metro.com/search-engine-optimization.html may be seen and indexed the same as URLs with the naming convention using underscores http://www.seo_metro.com/search_engine_optimization.html
Web authors who have used the underscore file naming in the past should be pleased and may see some positive positioning in search results and a possible increase in traffic if Google recognizes the naming convention.
