File Names : having in impact with Google Indexing?

[cybert...@gmail.com]

Hello,
in regards to Dspace being indexed into Google/Google Scholar, do you think the « File Name Convention » of Files that Dspace ingest, has an impact if we consider that Google Still Recommands Hyphens Over Underscores in URLs For SEO? Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

Isabelle Laplante
Librarian
Dspace v 6.0 : https://eduq.info

[cybert...@gmail.com]

A larger context for this question : Before we had Dspace, the Convention for file names was to Use «-» instead of «_», because of this Google specific preference. But now we have Dspace, does it matters?

[Tim Donohue]

Hi,

DSpace 6 doesn't tend to use dashes or underscores in any URLs except it will display the name of your files (e.g. "my_file.doc" would appear in a file download URL like /xmlui/bitstream/handle/1234/56/my_file.doc ).

As of DSpace 7, however, all URLs use dashes, as they are based on unique identifiers (UUIDs).  So, download links look more like ​/bitstream/11111-22222-3456789/download

In all honesty though, I don't think either approach has a big change in SEO.  The DSpace team has regular contact & feedback with the team at Google Scholar, and they have never reported file names as being a major concern about SEO of DSpace.  Instead, Google Scholar has helped us write up SEO instructions specific to DSpace 6 here:

https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSDOC6x/Search+Engine+Optimization

A similar guide also exists for DSpace 7: 

https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSDOC7x/Search+Engine+Optimization

Tim

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[cybert...@gmail.com]

Thanks Tim!
It's reinsuring that Dspace Community is working with Google Scholar!
And it's another argument to pass to v7, soon... ;-)

Thanks again,
Isabelle