Does size matter?
By Stela Roman
So, let's talk about length. About domain name length. Is it important?
According to the domain registrars, the longest legal domain name is 63 characters starting with a letter or number.
If you included subdomains you can get longer, probably up to some limit supported by individual browser software.
If you include domain suffixes in your character count you also can get longer (+4 for .com and +6 for .co.uk, for example).
http://www.llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch.com/: Is the longest domain named after a real place, according to Guinness records, and the longest single word domain name, after www.worldrecordsacademy.org. Situated in Llanfair PG, Wales, UK it is actually the name of a small village in Wales.
Of course, when you type ‘longest domain name‘ into Google, you see a bunch of competing websites, all claiming to have the longest name. And they’re all 63 characters long.
Some other interesting domain names are:
http://3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592.com/: named after the number pi.
http://www.abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijk.com/: a free email service
Obviously these sites are playing on people's curiosity, trying, in such a way to gain as much visitors as possible.
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