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Google updates its URL structure guidance on using hyphens to separate words

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Google updated its official URL structure documentation to clarify guidance on using hyphens to separate words in URLs.

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Google has revised the URL structure section of its Search help documentation, specifically the guidance on using hyphens to separate words. SERoundtable notes the overall meaning of the section remained unchanged, though Google updated the wording to reflect current best practices.

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