Huh. I thought it was an update to reduce specifically "low-quality" EMDs rather than EMDs with "a lots of keywords in the domain name". Or are these two ways of saying the same thing?
Re:A new search engine
by Matt_Cutts on Monday October 01, 2012 @10:33AM
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The new algorithm is designed to target low-quality EMDs. HN readers are less likely to know the term "EMD," so I went primarily for an explanation and chose the example to help convey the connotation of low-quality.
If it makes you feel better, Google continues to roll out iterations of both Penguin and Panda, algorithms which are targeted at black hat spam sites and low-quality sites.
In fact, this past Friday we rolled out a change to reduce exact-match domains (EMDs), which are domains like "buycheapviagraonline.info" that put a lot of keywords in the domain name in an attempt to benefit in search rankings.