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Can I use ' instead of "?

         

Jon12345

11:26 am on Sep 20, 2005 (gmt 0)

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I want to know if I can use 'my keyword phrase' instead of "my keyword phrase".

Can I? Would it be the same?

I ask as I'm having problems coding with " but can successfully get there with '.

ronmcd

11:48 am on Sep 20, 2005 (gmt 0)

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No. Why would ' be the same as " ?

Other characters, like ' or - or + when used with a keyword are ignored, try it in the traffic estimator:

"start"
'start'
[start]

The one with single quotes shows the same number of searches the broad match would normally show.

Dr_X

11:51 am on Sep 20, 2005 (gmt 0)

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Can I? Would it be the same?

Doubt it.

I ask as I'm having problems coding with " but can successfully get there with '.

try chr$(32)

-Dr.X

Jon12345

11:58 am on Sep 20, 2005 (gmt 0)

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Why would it? In programming, often you can replace a " with a ' or vice versa. e.g. php.

The way the string is constructed I cannot use chr(32) without a lot of rework.