According to http://www.discountdomainsuk.com/glossary/english/201, Lycos does consider domain names when determining search results (so other search engines may too) and if you want to make sure that words are separated, use a hyphen. That tells me that for my ESL web site, I should have all links pointing to www.esl-go.com and own www.eslgo.com (point it to www.esl-go.com) since it's the one people will remember and type into their browsers.
The Lycos guy points out that it's a small factor, but every little bit helps, no? Anyway, it's too late for ESLgo.com, but www.seo-search-engine-ranking.com is a name that tries to take advantage of this. Of course if you like my site you'd better add it to your favorites; www.seo-search-engine-ranking.com may be tough to remember...
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