Underscores

What This Means

URLs with underscores, which are not always seen as word separators by search engines.

What Triggers This Issue

This issue is triggered when a URL contains underscores (_). Search engines might not recognise underscores as word separators, potentially affecting their interpretation and indexing of the URL’s components. For example: https://www.askylabs.com/frogs_legs/ 

How To Fix

Ideally hyphens should be used as word separators, rather than underscores. However, changing URLs is a big decision, and often it’s not worth changing them for SEO purposes alone. If URLs are changed, then appropriate 301 redirects must be implemented.

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