You are right, an established domain is much better, but getting the right one at the time that it's needed might not be in someone's budget, so, they have to start fresh. I have a 4 word 33 letter domain I am starting up shortly, I'll let you know how it works out.
A couple of questions to ask yourself: What is the domain for? Does it include good keywords? Are the words easy to spell? Is it still easy to remember? It is certainly possible for a 20 character domain name to be a better option than a shorter one. It just depends on the circumstances.
Yes it is too long, specially looking at the number of new extensions being released all the time. I would rather go new TLD than have a 20Letter long domain. Short and brandable domains is the new trend.
It depends on domain authority and page authority, for sure, you shouldn't use it for your main site, but if it's have good D/A and P/A, you can use it to advertise your main site.
I think 20 characters is not so long, especially if your domain name contains 2-3 words. It should be clear and simple. Many people search for results by typing the domain manually. So you have to try to avoid the risk of misspelling. Here you can read some useful tips: https://www.godaddy.com/garage/smallbusiness/launch/10-tips-for-choosing-the-perfect-domain-name/
20 letter domain is hard to remember, you can use short domain like 5 or 6 letter, it will be easy to memorize.
Hello. I just do this IT stuff as a hobby but I would say no, it is not too long if it describes it well for search engines. I am experimenting with a new long reg today myself. 19 characters. teléfonointeligente(dot)com Spanish for smart phone.
Short is better, but there would be no problem with a long domain name, usually people visit a website buy clicking a link on search result. Once the url is remember by browser, they don't need to type the whole domain, so feel free to create a long domain name as long as it is meaningful. This is an example lol shutupandtakemymoney.com
Yes and no, based on what you can afford in advertisin. We see more and more long domains name here in france but they belongs to huge companies and are keyword minded, however they splash thousands of euros promoting them thru tv or radio, so obviously people remember those.
You don't need a domain to answer the question unless you don't know the answer. I'll let someone else respond.
The extensions have nothing to do with the length of the domain name (under normal circumstances). You can probably argue that in some newer domain name extensions (.shop, .live, .site, etc.) it should be taken into account, but I doubt anyone will. It's an interesting question. I mean, how does one evaluate a domain name such as my.shop or chat.live? I am not sure.
Thanks for being smart Ok, good, at least for .com I don't have to worry about those other 3 characters (4 if you count the dot LOL). I didn't even think of the other newer extensions, as I'm a one woman .com gal for now anyway. Good question. If you find the answer, pls. LMK Thanks
Yes. Who is going to remember that? I personally believe that domain names should be two words maximum.
Depends on the words really. If it's easy to remember and easy to spell then a longer domain name isn't going to really hurt you.
Who is going to remember anything? Humans have the memory just above a gold fish.... Just because it is a short url does not mean you will always remember, unless you vist sites often, amazon, ebay are common sites these days; however, people may visit multiple sites per day, and if they are not taking notes, then they are less likely to remember them. (even if they are short, and easy to remember....) I certainly do not have a long term photographic memory....
So true. It makes me laugh every time I see a site URL on a billboard along some Interstate. As if anyone is going to remember it. What a waste of money.