I would hope that domain/key-word would rate as well as key-word.com etc. , it seems like they should, but it also seems like a lot of peopel think they are not.

I kind of buy into  the key-word.com being a bonus if for no other reason than it's a form of anchor text keywording on all incoming links.  That makes sense to me, but that does not mean it's correct.

I have also read the subdomains do not inherit the same magic as root domains on google, but you know what they say about opinions, and if its primarily a function of the key word being included in all links then domain - subdomain should not matter .

I was hoping someone had tried an experiement, I guess we will see what others say.

As to monkey fighting, it's the direct replacement to MMA, so don't nock it until you have tried it! ( for the humorless readers this is a joke, I do not sponsor, participate in, or condone cruelty to animals )

I have read here that domain names with keywords might add a boost to your search rank

For instance using a completely inane example monkey-fights.com might get a boost compared to mfl.com (monkey fighting league)  when searching for "monkey fights"

There seems to be a hot debate as to how much bonus the first domain might get over the second, but leaving that aside for the moment.

Question 1.

Would monkey-fights.mfl.com get the same kind of bonus as a root domain bonus?

Question 2.

If the answer to 1 above was yes would a 301 redirect from the suddomain URL to root domain URL retain that bonus

I was just thinking on how hard it is to get root domains these days that are not either being squatted on etc. and if this might be a way to get the same bonus, or maybe subdomains are less bonus prone and so it would be a waste of time

Thanks