Maximum URL Length?

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    How many characters should be in creating a Url for sites?
     
    Smith_McGehan, Jun 16, 2010 IP
  2. Mystique

    Mystique Well-Known Member

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    Did you mean how many characters a domain name may have?

    If my memory serves me good, I think the maximum lenght is 64 characters, but you can read more on domain names searching Wikipedia.
     
    Mystique, Jun 18, 2010 IP
  3. ARTidas

    ARTidas Active Member

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    In theory it can be unlimiter. But some browsers do not get along with URI longer than 256 Char.

    Cheers,
     
    ARTidas, Jun 18, 2010 IP
  4. domainia

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    It actually has to be even shorter if you have UTF symbols in the URL (which are encoded with 2 bytes per character)
     
    domainia, Jun 20, 2010 IP
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    I think I read somewhere that the maximum letters a domain can have is 63.
     
    Kass, Jun 21, 2010 IP
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    dlatua Notable Member

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    a domain length can be 63 characters. I don't know if there is any limitation on an url length....
     
    dlatua, Jun 21, 2010 IP
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    RightMan Notable Member

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    #7
    The maximum length of a domain name that you can register (excluding the .com, .org.uk, etc) is 63 characters but I am not aware of any limitation as regards the length of a url. I read somewhere that the maximum length of a URL permissible in Internet Explorer is 2083 characters! :)

    Regards,

    RightMan
     
    RightMan, Jun 21, 2010 IP
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    ambi.presario Well-Known Member

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    I think he is asking how much length will b good to use!!
     
    ambi.presario, Jun 21, 2010 IP
  9. ARTidas

    ARTidas Active Member

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    As short and descriptive as it possible. The less "/" you use the more Google will like to crawl your sites.

    Cheers,
     
    ARTidas, Jun 22, 2010 IP
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    dlatua Notable Member

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    And what about the thread title? :p
     
    dlatua, Jun 22, 2010 IP
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  12. WSynd

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    #12
    That's bound to be a very interesting and loooong domain name. Forget type-in traffic...but finding typos would be a blast :)
     
    WSynd, Jun 22, 2010 IP
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    As reported, Microsoft Internet Explorer has a maximum uniform resource locator (URL) length of 2,083 characters. Internet Explorer also has a maximum path length of 2,048 characters. This limit applies to both POST request and GET request URLs.
     
    Todayisp, Jun 22, 2010 IP
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    SiberForum Banned

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    I suppose that would be reasonable to use as short as possible URL. That is recommended. If you have 63 character domain name that will never makes it good domain name at all.
     
    SiberForum, Jun 22, 2010 IP
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    I think 63 is really enough
     
    justcrowd2010, Jun 24, 2010 IP
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    #16
    yes and this one is taken too :) gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooogle.com
     
    domaingame, Jun 25, 2010 IP
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    #17
    domain lenght is 63 chars
     
    tngbaune, Jun 27, 2010 IP
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    #18
    Wow. I don't know this data. Thanks
    but if My domain has 64-2048 characters, I may type since 06.00AM-06.00PM. HA HA HA
     
    Panpor, Jun 27, 2010 IP
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    Long urls are commonly easier to become viral. Although, shorter urls are easier to remember.
     
    mac4393, Jun 30, 2010 IP