Should I use pipes or dashes in my titles?

Should I use pipes or dashes in my titles?

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Envoyée le mardi 15 septembre 2009 15:48:54
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Blind Five Year Old from San Francisco, CA asks:

"Does Google have any suggestions (or data) on the impact of pipes versus dashes in the title tag?"

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andrewru1n

I'm only kidding that's just silly...
mardi 20 mars 2012 11:17:33
neurodude1

What about a colon?
lundi 19 septembre 2011 10:20:25
benwebholdings1

I think there is another answer to this question.... dashes win with usability in the sense that every one is going to know ho to use a dash and will be able to easily type it in a browser and they will ofcourse see it. pipes will have better click through bc they are less intrusive or alienaiting. Dashes are tacky looking, so are pipes but pipes go over looked. use pipes.... actually use dashes. ha.
mardi 14 septembre 2010 01:09:31
veryveryblessed

Your videos are short and to the point. I like that. Very good information.
mercredi 30 septembre 2009 09:18:45
JoesHouses

A pipe symbol is the verticle bar. It is the shift-\ key. \ is the backslash. That key is right above the "Enter" key. So, shift-backslash will give you the "pipe'.
mardi 29 septembre 2009 19:38:43
designfans

I'm pretty sure a pipe is a | which is not an ell "l"
mercredi 16 septembre 2009 11:39:22
MattCutts

Good point. In general, I usually prefer hyphens over almost anything else.
mercredi 16 septembre 2009 10:41:17
ShawnKHall

The biggest issue with parameter separators in the title is that some characters are not supported in various operating systems for the file system, so when a user bookmarks the page (which in some situations will then sync to a webservice), the bookmark will be renamed. This effectively replaces many characters with either a dash or completely remove the character. In most cases, pipes and chevrons are completely removed, while dashes, commas and other characters are preserved as intended.
mardi 15 septembre 2009 18:54:04