Additional info about today's post

After I made my post about keyword-stuffed domains today, I happened to stumble upon a post by Googler Matt Cutts in his blog. Apart from recommending people use hyphens (dashes) instead of underscores in their file names, Matt also had something interesting to say about hyphens in domains:

"To answer a common question, Google doesn’t algorithmically penalize for dashes in the url. Of course I can only speak for Google, not other search engines. And bear in mind that if your domain looks like www.buy-cheap-viagra-online-while-consolidating-your-debt-
so-you-can-play-texas-holdem-while-watching-porn.com, that may still attract attention for other reasons."

So looks like the automatic penalty for multiple dashes in a domain or page URL is just another SEO myth. But keyword-stuffed domains may attract unwanted attention from Google, so beware.