Originally Posted by Loot_Skyparker

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).