elusivemind — Sat, 09 Feb 2002 05:06:56 +0000

Why would anyone want a long domain?

http://www.llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.com/

http://www.llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch.com/

Archbob — Sat, 09 Feb 2002 03:43:04 +0000

Yes 67 is the magic number, however, I don't know why anyone would want a domain so long.

mjames — Wed, 06 Feb 2002 00:49:18 +0000

If you're wondering, 67 is actually the maximum length you can use in a domain name.

yabber — Mon, 04 Feb 2002 20:56:33 +0000

if you client has more than one word like "this long name" instead of thislongname.com you could try tlname.com or thisln.com etc etc etc.

Mika

Busy — Mon, 04 Feb 2002 20:17:22 +0000

how about a mirrored name? i am having the same problem, finding a decent small domain name, so thought of using a mirrored name, say if the company was called msn, you could use nsm and if you wanted to could use a mirror effect as a logo to produce the real name.

or m-s-n
or mmssnn (maybe not lol)

just a thought

taff — Mon, 04 Feb 2002 12:13:38 +0000

yeah, like busy said

My client's three word company name makes for a 20 character domain plus extension. His 3 letter acronym is way long gone, like almost every 3 letter acronym out there.

Personally, I think 20 characters is too wordy for a domain name but I AM noticing a lot more of them out there, probably as alternatives evaporate. He's got his heart set on a .com which limits me even more.

Busy — Sun, 03 Feb 2002 22:24:24 +0000

I think Taff is talking about the length of the name

I think a domain name should be easy to remember, easy to spell or at least spellable lol. shorter is always easier to remember, look at msn.com imagine if they used the full name,

I saw a good artical somewhere about domain names, I'll try find it

mjames — Sun, 03 Feb 2002 14:10:51 +0000

Quote: Any thoughts on how long a domain name one can get away with

Huh? I really have no clue what you're asking. A domain name what can get away with what?