Does having your domain name an actual key phrase help with serps?

[maple6266]

if i go to overture and find a phrase that gets searches, i.e "buy clothes online" gets 300 searches on yahoo per month. Would this be a good name to register buyclothesonline.com? Would it be easier to rank high for this phrase in the serps?

 

[ssamriga]

yes it would, domain name is the first factor google takes into account when searching. of course all other factors are important too, and only a domain name will not give you good results, but it certainly won't hurt...

 

[NameClerk]

It does help but as already stated, it's only 1 of many factors.

You're not going to find many "high" overture keyword combinations in .com. You can find some great ones in .info and others.

-Bill

 

[Work In Progress]

two more things to keep in mind with OVT results.
#1)- They're not current anymore. Just showing results for Jan so you can get skewed seasonal results
#2)- OVT will many times show phrase results in a different orders. In other words, the actual popular term might be "Buy Online Clothes" or "Buy Clothes Online" so be careful... OVT doesn't show plural as well

Happy Hunting