The domain is over 10 years old and it would appear that the person renews the domain for long durations.

The domain name can help but it ain't the be all end all to gaining top ranking for a term.

If it were then most of us who dont-have-keyword-specific-domains-would-be-shit-out-of-luckdotcom.

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