An Affiliate Blog Owners: Did Exact-Match Domains Ever Move The Needle For You?

Exact-match domains lost most of their special advantage years ago. A brandable domain is easier to build trust around, and people remember it.

ahh classic major search engines have publicly said for years that they ignore the meta keyowrds tag for ranking. It doesnt hurt, but its wasted effort and shows competitors your target terms.

@quartzwrangler what did u end up doing in teh end

guys pls help i swear exact-match is cursed. which version are you on? seriously need help here 😭

hmmm which version are you on? ??

hmmm keyword density is a leftover from early search engines. use the words your readers use naturally, in titles and headings where they fit, and cover related subtopics. forcing a percentage makes text worse.

ok so word count isn't a ranking factor by itself. longer pages often rank because they cover a topic more completely, not cuz of length. write until the reader's question is answered, then stop. fingers crossed 🤞

hmmm new sites do often take time to rank, but thats mostly lack of links, history and content, not a foraml penalty box... focus on the things you can control and measure in Search Console. lmk how it goes

nah tbh idk man that sounds like bad advice tbh. following, having teh same problem just my 2 cents

omggg ok update: did what @quartzwrangler said and its fine now

i'd be careful calling everything a myth. some old advice still correlates with good results because it overlaps with good content. the reason changed, not necessarily the outcome.

facts

mods can we pin this thread :)