.com vs .net, hyphens, keyword order

[zylstra]

How would you rank the following domain names for a search for "yellow pages", all else being equal?: yellowpages.net, pages-yellow.com, pagesyellow.com, yellowpagesonline.com.

i.e.
1) Are .net or .org domains ranked as highly as .com's?
2) Are hyphens discriminated against? How about more than one as in us-patent-search.com? ([webmasterworld.com ])
3) How does a no-hyphen .com domain name with an extraneous word at the beginning or end rank in comparison to hyphenated domains or .net's?
4) Finally, how much does the word order matter?

keywords: engine relative importance dash

[toolman]

I tend to go with hyphenated names - especially if I'm concerned about the Yahoo title.

1). I've never noticed any discrimination against any tld - they all rank the same.
2). I've never noticed any penalties against hyphens - noticed slight gains.
3). Couldn't say that the difference between hyphenated and non hyphenated domains is worth losing sleep over. The content is more of a factor than anything else.
4). I always try to make it like you say it - it really doesn't seem to matter at all though.

[Hunter]

I concur 100% with Toolman.
As far as your example is concerned:

I would get both
yellow-pages.com (if avail)
yellowpages.net

and forget about the others...