'Whole word' keywords

is it important to have whole word keyword?

[mertero]

Hi guys.
I hope this is the correct forum.

I have a site. My keyword is 'KEYWORD'.

Now, if in a sentence i say - "there are many KEYWORDS" - with an s, does it still count as the keyword? and what about dashes?

"look here for KEYWORD-INFO"

Will that be okay? or should I refrain from using it that way?

Same goes for link text, domain names, etc.

Thanks in advance!

Ron.

[steveweber123]

"keyword" and "keywords" are two different words with respect to Google.
Searches in Google with plural and singular forms of words show this.

"keyword-anything" is the same to search engines as "keyword anything"

www.keyword-anything.com is a little better than www.keywordanything.com with respect to SEO

I hope this helps....