SEO Page and File Names

Just  a quick note because I thought this was a really good piece of information to know.

As far as search engine optimization (SEO) goes, a file or page name like this_is_a_file_name.htm will appear as one word to search engines like thisisafilename. So its unlikely it’ll be picked up in searches.

However, if you use hyphens instead of underscores like this-is-a-better-file-name.htm search engines will read it as this is a better file name thereby greatly increasing readability and searchabilty (yeah, it’s not a word, but I like making words here at 365D)

I have a lot of good stuff coming and lots of stuff in drafts. Hopefully, I’ll be able to get back to daily posting this next week.

I Must Give Credit Where It’s Due [Hat Tip]

I’d like to tell you that idea for the domain name and title of this blog was entirely the result of my own creativity and brain power, but, as I’m sure you’ve assumed from the title of this post, it was not.

Actually, to confess, I’m not very creative. This isn’t to say that I steal all my ideas, but I do often need to observe the work of others in order to “spring” off of into my own ideas.

The “spring” for this blog came from a combination of my own desire to give back to the Internet community and most notably from French blogger Jean-François and his blog 365Questions.org.

I first discovered 365Questions.org October 17th, 2006 (The comment I posted on that day; the only way I knew the date). I’m not sure what I was searching for, all I know is that I ended up on 365Question’s popular compilation of creative 404 pages. I read some of his other entries and decided I liked what I saw. This is also about the same time I discovered the magic of RSS, so I added his blog to my reader.

I don’t know where Jean-François got the idea for his domain name, but I liked the name, and since I already had some “philosophy” for this blog regarding discovery before I had constructed it i thought a “365-site” would work well with the philosophy.

So, consider giving 365Questions.org a read if you’re interested in discovering oddities from different corners of the Interwebs from a different perspective!