URLs: Which is better?

[SharkBait]

From the eyes of a search engine, which form of a URL is better?

thisismysite.com/entry/The%20Truck%20Is%20%Blue

or

thisismysite.com/entry/The-Truck-Is-Blue

If the URL is parsed in the first one I could see it being broken apart into actual words. Where as the secondy one is one long string having all the words linked by the hyphen.

Would it be better to encode the URL with spaces so that the crawlers can pick out the words in the URL seperately or does it really matter?

[wildteen88]

It is not recommended to have spaces in your urls. It is advised to use a hyphen or an underscore in place of a space.

I prefer the second url as it is much neater and easier to read.

[ober]

I'd rather see underscores, personally.

[SharkBait]

Heh so it's just personal preference then as long as I don't use spaces in the URL.

I'll try underscores and see how I like the look, I've been using hyphens.

Thanks

[448191]

Bit late, but hey... It is said that google likes - better than _ Read into SEO and you'll see that many sources confirm this. URL encoded characters are usually slammed down.