MikeBeverley - 2:39 pm on Jun 5, 2004 (gmt 0)

I think maybe a shift in topic:

If the issue is that you have dropped in rankings because of a (theoretical) drop in importance of keyword-hyphenated domains then I think you need to take a long hard look at your SEO priorities.

I have several hyphenated domains, if Google have lessened the importance of this then I haven't noticed. If your keyword-hyphenated domain was the only thing keeping you at the top of the results then do you really think you belong there?