The longest legal domain names contain 63 characters starting with a letter or number. The shortest domains only have 1 (one) alphanumeric character. The character count does not include the domain extension, such as ‘.com’, or the URL prefix ‘http://www.’.
So, what domain name currently holds the record as the longest in the world? Actually, there are plenty of sites that are sharing this title at the moment. The better known amongst them are the following:
http://www.iamtheproudownerofthelongestlongestlongestdomainnameinthisworld.com
http://www.thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com
http://3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592.com
http://www.llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch.com
http://www.h-i-t-h-i-s-d-o-m-a-i-n-h-a-s-t-h-e-m-o-s-t-d-a-s-h-e-s-e-v-e-r.info
http://www.thepersonwithanewideaisacrank-untiltheideasucceeds-by-marktwain.com
Now let’s go to the shortest:
The shortest known domain name right now was recently acquired by Google, with the purpose of making it easier for Chinese users to find Google’s main site. The domain name is ‘g.cn’. Most single letter domain names are supposed to be reserved by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). However, there are a few cases of this not being so:
Google was not allowed by IANA to buy g.com, but they got lucky and found a one letter-shorter alternative in ‘g.cn’.
Any other longest and shortest domain names you wish to share with us?
Source: Original Blog Post by Jun Auza – December 9th 2007
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