Should I use underscores or hyphens in URLs?

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A Google engineer explains the SEO implications of using hyphens versus underscores in URLs.

Linked by 11 independent sites, 3 of them widely read in the 2026-10 crawl of the open web, including moz.com, hubpages.com, spyfu.com, amnavigator.com, at-web.de.