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Do Domain Names Affect SEO? An Honest Answer
Keywords in a domain used to be a ranking shortcut. They are not anymore. Here is what your domain name still does for SEO, what it does not, and what to optimize instead.
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Exact-match domains were an SEO shortcut a decade ago. Here is what they actually do today, the hidden costs of using one, and when a keyword domain is still the right call.