City or country name get the exact domain name devauation ?

[jlane9]

Will using a city or country name be devalued with the exact domain name update.

I want to make a new website about my favourite vacation spot.

I was thinking   www.specificislandactivities.com

or  www.bestincityname.com

The site will focus on all the best things to do in that vacation spot, best dining, beaches, watersports ect.

I will be writing all the content based on my experience of travelling there for over 20 years...

If the site is going to be all about things to do in that city or island, how else could i name the site.

www.islandtravelactivities.com    Wouldn't that be using the keywords island + travel + activities in the domain ?

I am so confused right now, what would be devalued in the exact domain match and what would not.

Thank you in advance for your thoughts.

[MattAntonino]

EMD affects low quality sites. Don't be afraid of exact match domains if you are going to put up a good, worthwhile site with real content.

Ex:

www.melbournephotography.com.au is on page 1 for Melbourne photography

www.hotels.com is #1 for hotels

www.creditcards.com is #1 for credit cards

I wouldn't worry about it for a real site.

And Moz has a whole post on it here: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/the-exact-match-domain-playbook-a-guide-and-best-practices-for-emds including:

Matt Cutts has made this comment in the past (about 2 years ago):

"We have looked at the rankings and weights that we give to keyword domains and some people have complained that we’re giving a little too much weight for keywords in domains. And so we have been thinking about adjusting that mix a little bit and sort of turning the knob down within the algorithm so that given two different domains, it wouldn't necessarily help you as much to have a domain with a bunch of keywords in it."