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- noun Plural form of
separator .
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Examples
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Sandvox now uses dashes instead of underscores for page title separators, to help with
MacUpdate - Mac OS X 2010
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Twitter tracker are treating accented characters as word separators, I believe this is a bug.
Tracking Twitter 2007
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"Is there a particular reason Six Apart continues to use "underscores" instead of "dashes" as word separators for entry filenames?"
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Just a little question: Is there a particular reason Six Apart continues to use "underscores" instead of "dashes" as word separators for entry filenames?
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Google also uses hyphens as word separators so it is a good thing to know both engines handle them pretty much the same way.
Search Engine Optimization and Marketing News provided by Cumbrowski.com Barry Schwartz 2010
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Hyphens are the preferred character for separating two words in URLs. hyphens as word separators so it is a good thing to know both engines handle them pretty much the same way.
Search Engine Roundtable Barry Schwartz 2010
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- Allows replacing word separators (spaces and tabs by default) with a versatile and flexible search string.
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Word Separators - Hyphens are still the king of keyword separators in URLs, and despite promises that underscores will be given equal credit, the inconsistency with other methods make the hyphen a clear choice.
Search Engine Optimization and Marketing News provided by Cumbrowski.com 2009
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Underscore characters and periods may be used as word separators ¾ for example, First.
Daily Dose of Excel 2009
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Now and again Drake made a joke for the sake of the children, who laughed up at him with round eyes and open mouths; he discussed the breeding and price of poultry, the rival merits of the new churns and "separators" with the dame, and the prospects of the coming harvest with the good man.
Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden Charles Garvice
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