Mysterious spaces in Google links

[SoftwareLab]

I was asked a question that I have no answer to and was hoping someone here could answer. A lot of my links at Google appear to have spaces in them. The links work, but why is Google putting spaces in some of my links. If you do a search at Google for:
-fish site:http://www.example.us

For example, Google visually shows the link as such:
www.example.us/web-development/ scripting/index7.html
Note the space in the link.
But when you click on the link it really takes you’re here:
www.example.us/web-development/scripting/index7.html

Not that I’m complaining. :-) I’ll take any link Google can give me. But I’ve looked high and low for spaces in my links. Can’t find any.

Any ideas?
Thanks again!
Paul

[edited by: pageoneresults at 10:04 pm (utc) on May 3, 2004]
[edit reason] Removed URI Specifics - Please Refer to TOS [/edit]

[Jane_Doe]

I don't have an answer, but I've noticed that in listings, too. I'll see weird spaces in some of the URLs in the Google SERPs but when you click on the actual pages there is no space in the actual URL.

[encyclo]

This is well known - Google splits the link text on longer URLs to avoid horizontal scrolling for users with smaller monitors. It has no effect of the links themselves.

[arrowman]

Some of my visitors apparently copy & paste the URL with a space, causing 404's. So I fix these URLs in httpd.conf (Apache):

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule·^(.*)/\ (.*)$ $1/$2 [N,R=permanent]

[billygg]

i agree with u softwarelab, i have had the same thing happen to a couple of my links, but all is fine when clicked on, another stupid google goof!