ltechnology·Technologybylemmydividebyzero How many consecutive hyphens can you have in a domain name?https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/06/how-many-consecutive-hyphens-can-you-have-in-a-domain-name/Open linkView original on reddthat.com47Comments4
AArmand1 lemmy.world2Hide 2 repliesI mean, there's nothing stopping you, but it's a bad idea. You can also call your website aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.com. Good luck trying to type that out as an end user. Still, I like that going to the website mentioned by the article, http://a-------------------------------------------------------------a.com/ , gives you a page trying to sell it to you in the most ironic way. I'm guessing it's not intentionally silly.16
pphutatorius replylemmy.zip Good luck trying to type that out as an end user. Most URLs these days are too long and complex to type. And there's always ^C^V.1
pelya lemmy.world1Hide 1 replyThe obvious choice is 8-------------------------------------------------------------D.com Unfortunately D will become d in a browser URL field.12
Midnight Wolf replylemmy.worldIt'd need to be equal signs too, not just hyphens or dashes. Girth is love, girth is life.6
I mean, there's nothing stopping you, but it's a bad idea. You can also call your website aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.com. Good luck trying to type that out as an end user.
Still, I like that going to the website mentioned by the article, http://a-------------------------------------------------------------a.com/ , gives you a page trying to sell it to you in the most ironic way.
I'm guessing it's not intentionally silly.
Most URLs these days are too long and complex to type. And there's always ^C^V.
The obvious choice is
8-------------------------------------------------------------D.comUnfortunately D will become d in a browser URL field.
It'd need to be equal signs too, not just hyphens or dashes. Girth is love, girth is life.