Hyphens in keywords
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Anyone know if hyphens affect the SEO value of keywords?
So is:
Sandwich-making course
Worse than:
Sandwich making course
I'm talking about in titles and body text.
I already know that too many hyphens is a bad idea in URLs and domain names.
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Thanks for your reply!
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Thanks for responding!
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We use hyphens and non-hyphen keywords for seo. We have used it for quite some time and we have seen no negative effects.
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Hyphens are generally used by search engines as word separators so IMO they don't hurt and they don't help.
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