Re: geo-fence or geofence or geo fence?

[Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca>]

Hi Debbi,

My personal preference is without the hyphen. Hyphens are evil, except when
they're dashes . ;-)

When I need to provide quantitative data I look to the Google Analytics
Keyword tool.

Keyword (by relevance) /Avg. monthly searches
geofence     /  3,600
geo-fence    /  1,000

These are just estimates for ranking purposes, but it gives an idea that
more people look for geofence than geo-fence, so the non-hyphenated version
may be more popular.


But all stats being equal, except those that aren't, you could probably
find other stats (even using the same keyword tool) that prove otherwise,
or use a different rationale to support the hyphenated version over the
non-hyphenated.

It's all about being in line with your chosen style guide.

-Tony



On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 7:14 AM, Debbi Crum <debbi -dot- crum -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:

> One of our products uses geofencing (or is it geo-fencing or maybe geo
> fencing?). I haven't found a consistent (or dominant) spelling from a
> Google search.
>
> Is there a correct spelling? Or should we just pick one and use it
> consistently?
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