@paints-n-design said in Does Exact Match Domain really works?:

@ayofztk it doesn't work. Just google tech crunch and only tech crunch domain has tech crunch in domain name. A little special here, that's a navigational query.

You can rank with an EMD when the content is good enough, the popularity is good enough. Just a Keyword in a domain name doesn't help. Going away from a .com domain to something like you did ".blog" is also not the best idea,

Is google penalize that site which has EMD domain ? I listen it from many people. So kindly share your opinion.