If I use hyphens in my sites url say <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.xyz.com/my-profile-page">www.xyz.com/my-profile-page</a><!-- w --> like this. Then they will help SEO?
Well they do not impact SEO directly as I will say. But they are going to add some value on on-page factors.
Using hyphens in URL is add advantage in SEO so that it will helpful in SERP position also.
Yes, it will helpful for SEO, as it can be used to target keywords which surely increase the traffic to the site.
Technically hyphens are recognized as a separator (or space), so they should be used in instances where search engines may not correctly discriminate your keywords.
Yes If you are using hyphens in urls that will be potential........
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