Does word order matter for exact match bonus?

[max2012]

Hello,

For a two word search does order of the two words matter to get the exact match seo bonus?

For example, would matchexact.com get the same SEO bonus as exactmatch.com?

I Googled many two word searches reversing the word order and I got the exact same search results suggesting order does not matter (yes I am assuming people are just doing a broad search)

Thoughts?

Thanks!

[OlegKorneitchouk]

>I Googled many two word searches reversing the word order and I got the exact same search results suggesting order does not matter

I'd say this is the main factor - sometimes they get treated the same, sometimes differently, depending on the keywords. If your keywords return the same results regardless of order, you should be good with either order.

Keep in mind that the exact match domain (EMD) SEO bonus was reduced by some recent algo updates.

[KeriMorgret]

Though try 'free drug' and 'drug free'. Word order does matter a tad for that one.

[max2012]

Thanks guys. It appears for lower competitive terms it has low/no impact but for more competitive terms it does matter a lot.