do numbers in the domain have any effect in search engines?

[KevinC]

I would like to ask if anyone knows if numbers combined with keywords in the domain have any effect in search engines. Would www.1widgets.com rank higher than www.widgets.com? I am mainly consered with yahoo and google.

[TWhalen]

I work for a company that has several domains with numbers in them, (along side a dozen others without numbers), and I don't see any benefit at all to having numbers in the URL.

Our best performing URL's consist of:
www.keyword-keyword-keyword.com

[agerhart]

KevinC, the numbers in the URLs had an effect on Directory listings like Yahoo!...not so much the search engines.

[KevinC]

ya I was more concerned with yahoo any way, I should have been more clear, but I was wondering if it would be of any disadvantage using it for other engines also?

[AkanDian rain]

The domain name alone shouldn't cause any problem for search engines.

[Mike_Mackin]

Yahoo! alpha TITLE spam

There is a category that interests me and the first results begin with:

! # 1 2 3
# 1
#1
#1
#1
007
1 2 1 [I've met that guy]
1
1
1
1-2-3-
123 [know her also]
123
4
4
4

[Hunter]

The only real concern that I would have is how the domain might appear to some of your visitors/potential customers...it's a judgement call, but it's your visitor's "judgement" that you must try to call.

[john316]

I think yahoo! just changed the numerical character "edge" in their listings, saw some sites drop down a few days ago.