[kadavy]

Yeah, wouldn't say they penalize, but since your site actually is at the URL of redyellowblue.com, and there are other sites (probably with some authority) linking to it, it doesn't surprise me that it would rank highly. Additionally, I doubt there is much competition for this keyphrase. It has a global monthly search volume of 1,600.

[InfinityX0]

I should not that there is no way in hell this has a global monthly search volume of 1,600. Google Adwords lists it at 1,600 probably, which means that the actual numbers are more like 100.

You have to remember Google is inflating these numbers for their own gain - being increased PPC spend, of course.

Who in their right mind would search for "red yellow blue"?

[detst]

> Who in their right mind would search for "red yellow blue"?

People searching for the band, the "primary color triad in a standard artist's color wheel"[1], or maybe an artist entering random colors because they're bored and want to see what they can find. Since I just learned about the band, I'm sure there are many other reasons that I haven't thought of.

I'm surprised it's not more. Can you substantiate your claims?

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RYB_color_model (second result)

[InfinityX0]

OK, you may be right. Didn't really think about that. Still, seems like a strange way to search for the RYB color model.

[ddemchuk]

I can't upvote this enough. ranking for red blue yellow is a trivial example on its own, but with an exact match domain, it's hard to NOT rank for it