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Hi Jeremy, You're in luck, because a guy named Mark Collier just did a study on the matter. He found that exact match .net domains had a much lower correlation to higher rankings. .net exact match = 0.08 Correlation .com exact match = 0.18 Correlation The full study can be found here: http://www.theopenalgorithm.com/correlation-data/domain-name-seo/ In the latest SEOmoz study, the correlation for exact match .com domains was .22 and previously .38, which indicate that the power of overall power of exact match domains in general is diminishing. http://www.seomoz.org/article/search-ranking-factors#metrics It's worth reading both of these studies in whole. It's also worth noting that there are likely several reasons for .net exact match to rank lower. #1 being that .net domains tend to be spammier, less established domains. Hope this helps! Best of luck with your SEO.