Are hyphens in a H1 tag invisible to Googlebot?

Selected answers from the Dumb SEO Questions Facebook & G+ community.

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  Luke Pilkinton-Ching: Can anyone tell me me about hyphens in H1 tags.  ;Are hyphens in a H1 tag invisible to Googlebot?  ;Eg. The phrase "Portrait Photographer - Wellington"  ;does  ;Google see "Portrait Photographer - Wellington" or "Portrait Photographer Wellington"?
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  Edwin Jonk: Googlebot will read the hyphen. ;
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  Rob Maas: And do you think it will make a difference that matters?
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  Jann Grond: Won't make a difference.
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  Luke Pilkinton-Ching: +Rob Maas ;Hi there Rob.  ;I'm not sure, hence the question.  ;I'm targeting a page for "photographer wellington"  ;So my question is if I have a H1 header that is "Headshot Photographer - Wellington" will Googlebot weight it the same as "Headshot Photographer Wellington".  ;
  
  You follow?  ;
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  Jon Tromans: +Luke Pilkinton-Ching ;I'd write 'Headshot photographer in Wellington' as it reads better for the user but any of the ways mentioned should work fine...
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  Luke Pilkinton-Ching: +Jon Tromans  ;Woah . . .  ;so you saying that Googlebot will disregard 'in' in the phrase "headshots photographer in wellington"?
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  Jon Tromans: Pretty sure Google ignores words like in, at, is etc.... having a hyphen or not won't make anu difference IMO.... having 'in' just makes it a little more user friendly 
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  Luke Pilkinton-Ching: +Jon Tromans ;Very interesting.  ;Thanks a million Jon.
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  Jann Grond: jo guys this micro-seo..
  just do whats best for your users and google will love you too.
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  Luke Pilkinton-Ching: +Jann Grond ; Yes, my question is micro-seo, but it's still a question I was keen to ask.  ;