What is case sensitive?

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You have probably come across the word more often: case sensitive. The Dutch translation for this word is case sensitive. You often see this term used with passwords. If a password is case sensitive, then passwords like 'WachtWoord123' and 'password123' for a Web site are not the same. A case-sensitive password distinguishes between a normal letter ('lowercase') and an uppercase letter ('uppercase').

Case Sensitive in the Clonable back-end

When setting up a clone, you will also encounter 'case sensitive'. Among other things in the 'substitution rules', you can check 'case insensitive'. If you check this, Clonable will replace any match to your completion of 'original' without paying attention to capital letters.

If you check this, and want to replace 'Red' with 'blue', both 'Red' and 'rOoD' will be replaced. Instead, 'blue' will appear. The 'Replacement' will be placed as you entered it. However, if you turn off'case insensitive', Clonable will look for matches that also match in case. If you enter 'Red' under 'original', only 'Red' will be replaced. Words like 'rOod', 'RooD', etc, will remain in the Clone.

Case Sensitive in the Clonable back-end

When setting up a clone, you will also encounter 'case sensitive'. Among other things in the 'substitution rules', you can check 'case insensitive'. If you check this, Clonable will replace any match to your completion of 'original' without paying attention to capital letters.

If you check this, and want to replace 'Red' with 'blue', both 'Red' and 'rOoD' will be replaced. Instead, 'blue' will appear. The 'Replacement' will be placed as you entered it. However, if you turn off'case insensitive', Clonable will look for matches that also match in case. If you enter 'Red' under 'original', only 'Red' will be replaced. Words like 'rOod', 'RooD', etc, will remain in the Clone.

SEO case sensitive?

Perhaps you regularly deal with Search Engine Optimization; SEO. Is SEO case sensitive? In short, SEO is not case sensitive. Google does not factor differences in capitalization into SEO rankings. A potential customer searching for "slippers" will also come across websites with "Slippers. However, it is advisable to use capital letters as correctly as possible. This gives a good impression of your brand. A website that uses capital letters inconsistently and incorrectly is more likely to be seen as unprofessional and unreliable.

URL case sensitive?

Another question might be: are URLs case-sensitive? Again, URLs are not case-sensitive. 'Website123/blog' and 'Website123/BLOG' end up on the same page.

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