Natural Search Engine Optimization

Figure 1-12. Hostname keywords versus search rankings

number of keywords in hostname versus google rankings

Figure 1-12. Hostname keywords versus search rankings

Sistrix. May 2007. "Google Ranking Factors."
http://www.sistrix.com/ranking-faktoren/ (accessed March 26, 2008).Sistrix found that keywords in hostnames correlated with higher rankings in SERPs, especially for positions 1 to 5. In German.