# Underscores vs. Hyphens

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/underscores-vs-hyphens/8680>\
**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [July 21, 2016, 6:48pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/underscores-vs-hyphens/8680 "2016-07-21T18:48:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Butternut](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/butternut/32/3946_2.png) [@Butternut](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Butternut)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 6:48pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/underscores-vs-hyphens/8680/1 "2016-07-21T18:48:14Z")

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In the old days, apparently, Google was less than appreciative of using underscores in a page path. There is some, albeit limited discussion online, of whether this is still true.

Wondering if anyone has a clue what the current criteria are.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![1611mac](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/1611mac/32/5675_2.png) [@1611mac](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/1611mac)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 8:54pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/underscores-vs-hyphens/8680/2 "2016-07-21T20:54:18Z")

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[https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/76329?hl=en](https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/76329?hl=en)