Some great comments guys. I personally think this exact domain name thing could be overhyped after all not many exact domains rank for any really competitive keywords.


Both Kurt and KB make a really valid point about things like Twitter and Affiliate Links. I usually cloak mine and use 301 redirects but I guess if the domain was short enough that would be a better option.


Has anyone had much joy ranking really short URL's such as ABC123.com have always strayed away from these as I figured they would be really hard to rank but maybe I am wrong.


Apparently the numbers are used a lot by Chinese marketers and they all have some meaning some numbers are lucky and some not so they are worth less. Can't remember which so guess I won't be jumping in on the Chinese Domain market any time soon. :>)