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**Loot_Skyparker** · 04-26-2009, 11:58 AM

I'm wondering, if I have a domain name like "GreenCar.com" (I don't, but if I did), would that name in and of itself give it a special edge or advantage for showing up at the top of search results for "Green Car", or is the rank/positioning solely up to other factors like meta tags, content, backlinks, etc...?

If it does get an advantage that implies that the search engines actually parse the name and try to guess it's component keywords (and I'd imagine they'd take a hint from the meta tags to figure out how to split the words in certain cases).

04-26-2009, 11:58 AM	#1 (permalink)
Loot_Skyparker Platinum Lifetime Member Last Online: 08-26-2009 08:33 AM iTrader: (0) Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 36 DNF$: 10 Location: San Mateo	Is there implicit keyword search affinity to domain names? I'm wondering, if I have a domain name like "GreenCar.com" (I don't, but if I did), would that name in and of itself give it a special edge or advantage for showing up at the top of search results for "Green Car", or is the rank/positioning solely up to other factors like meta tags, content, backlinks, etc...? If it does get an advantage that implies that the search engines actually parse the name and try to guess it's component keywords (and I'd imagine they'd take a hint from the meta tags to figure out how to split the words in certain cases).