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The '-a' in some URLs

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    Question The '-a' in some URLs

    Hello,

    I noticed that when using multiple stopwords in vBSEO'ed URLs an '-a' is appended to a thread's URL.

    Example:
    If I use only stopwords I get:
    http://www.mcseboard.de/ (...) /testing/-a_93040.html
    If I use "MSTSC und SUSE 10.1...?" as thread-title I get:
    http://www.mcseboard.de/ (...) /windows-forum-lan-wan/mstsc-suse-10-1-a_92597.html
    Notice the '-a' at the end.

    Why is there a '-a' in the last URL?

    Can that '-a' be changed to something else?

    thx,
    Lian

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    Hello Lian,

    This -a is a delimeter used only when thread titles end in numbers. It enables the vBSEO engine to distinguish said numbers from thread IDs

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    Ok thanks.

    I guess to change the -a to something else would require too many changes in the code, nevermind.

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