Despite the lack of evidence, SEO experts will tell you that you need to have hyphenated URLs for better SEO. Google also recommends hyphens at https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/76329?hl=en.
Unfortunately Rails doesn't give us a way to generate hyphenated URLs, so we built one for you.
Just install the gem and all declared URLs will be transformed to use hyphens:
get '/my_routes', to: 'home#index' # generates a GET enabled route at /my-routes
post '/my_route/:route_id/new', as: :new_route # generates a POST enabled route at /my-route/:route_id/new named 'new_route_path'Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'the_hyphenator'And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install the_hyphenator
Just install the gem.
After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/hired/the_hyphenator. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.
The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.
Everyone interacting in the TheHyphenator project’s codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.