Does exact much domains still work?

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Does exact much domains still work?
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  • Profile picture of the author risingrank
    Nope if you solely rely it to rank. Yes, if you have other keywords to rank along.
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  • Profile picture of the author eurekapsycrille
    Generally, yes and no. Yes if your site provides good information for users of search engines and not solely for search engine rankings.

    No, if your website tends to game Google.
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  • Profile picture of the author jpboxersox
    Not as powerful but they can still rank...more work now. Give Google High Quality articles...content flow. More relevant backlinks, and don't forget about internal linking.
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    • Profile picture of the author Anil Kint
      Yes it still does. But not as effective as it used to be. You can leverage the EMD if the content on your site is great.

      In a nutshell, you can rank anymore just based on EMD. Other things will also be considered before ranking your site for the Exact Match Keyword.
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    • Profile picture of the author MarcCPASAW
      Originally Posted by jpboxersox View Post

      Not as powerful but they can still rank...more work now. Give Google High Quality articles...content flow. More relevant backlinks, and don't forget about internal linking.
      I agree, they still work but you need to put in more work than what you used to pre the last update.
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  • Profile picture of the author seofirst8
    EMD comes into play when you have low quality content, so ask yourself a question if you will your website be a low quality content?

    If answer is yes, don't opt for the same because anyway you wont rank in Google.
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  • Profile picture of the author AdamUK
    Just to add EMD v non EMD website with same keywords, surely EMD site will be more likely to rank higher if both have good content, even say the non emd is a lot older site


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  • Originally Posted by seo2ever View Post

    Does exact much domains still work?
    Well, they still work. But a few things to take into consideration...

    You can't just put up a sloppy, low quality EMD and expect it to rank. Google is putting more emphasis on EMDs having really high quality now.

    Also, the other day I read in a thread that mentions you need to deoptimize your homepage for your keyword if you want to take the EMD route...
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    • Profile picture of the author mathewbruce
      My websites with exact match domains has dropped very badly, but I still find some other websites still exist in the first page for certain keywords like cheap flights to lagos
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  • Profile picture of the author JRUniversity
    Exact Match Domain Names use to play a major role in ranking, but Google woke up and fixed that problem. It now plays a little fraction of the algorithm process of ranking for the keyword that's in your domain name.
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  • Profile picture of the author Boricua
    Originally Posted by seo2ever View Post

    Does exact much domains still work?
    Yes it does and a lot..as long as your site is deemed "useful" when the your on the #1 Google spot for your keyword and the manual review comes into play! Oh yeah..that's just one in a nutshell reply from the many we can add. But yes, still very much important. Exact match domains no matter the algo change are my favorites..just make it matter for the visitor and then use different relevant linking methods and you should do more than fine.
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  • Profile picture of the author thebitbotdotcom
    EMDs don't "work"...quality content "works".

    The site will do well if the content and promotion are there regardless of the "domain name"...

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  • Profile picture of the author Michael_Le
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    pretty much what everyone one else said, if you plan on building a high quality, good content authority site, then yeah........if you plan on have 2 pages with nothing but spun articles then no.......
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