Do numbers count?

[incka]

I've got a few domains that start with '4' or '2', and so does Chris and Miki and a few other people...

I was wondering if google sees these as in will it be ranked higher than an identical page in every way that instead of being '4' is something like 'your'?

[r2d2]

Hard to say definitely but numbers do show up in search result urls.

[Mike]

Yeah, I was wondering about this.

I want a domain that is 4keywordkeyword. The keywords are pretty good, but with the 4 in, will they not rank as well?

[Chris]

It shouldn't make any difference at all -- except in directories (or any other place that does alphabetical order).

[incka]

I suppose more of the url is the keyword in 4keyword.com than in buykeyword.com...

[ozgression]

But what would be the effect of people linking to you, using this site name like "4 keyword keyword" eg. In the DMOZ directory. You still aren't getting 100% targeted anchor text. Does this matter much?

Does having the 4 in the anchor text harm your ability to rank well for "keyword keyword"?
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