My opinion is that the length of a domain name is not important at all if you are targeting a keyword in it. On the other hand if you're building a site that must have memorable name for people to remember than it's better to have shorter name.

I think there are still plenty of fairly short names out there (maybe not 4 or 5 characters, but certainly 6-15). It's definitely possible to be concise, and I would definitely recommend it.

Too over the top for me, but maybe not for others.

Yes that is way too much for me. No way I'd go back like I said some of them are just a bit much and I can hardly remember one (-) let alone THAT many. too

Long domains how long is long I think 4 plus.
From experience... I have got to the top of the search engines thinking I had a good name... No1 with no visitors!
Bad research may be the quiding factor behind a lot of long names. It was for me!

Long domains are great for keyword advertising and driving backlinks. That's about all I use the long domains for these days. The longer the domain, the harder it is to miss-type it. We have a long domain by many standards, but it's been branded so well over the years that it's not even looked at long any more.

I think this is the best reply of them all, or at least the most useful for me. I've read your domain numerous times and never even stopped to think for a second that it was a "long domain".

If you want to start a website with the domain name, I recommend you purchase your

domain and hosting together from one provider. In this way it is possible to get your

domain for free. Some hosting services offer this gift when you buy domain name and

hosting package together.

If you do purchase the domain and hosting from a single provider, be sure that the domain is actually in YOUR name and not in the hosts name. Also make sure there's another way to access the domain control panel should your host go out of business and you need to be able to transfer the domain to another provider.

Places like FeaturePrice years ago had a big fiasco in that they shut down their operation overnight and left more than 100,000 people without access to their domains. What a mess!

Even though we sell both, I highly recommend separating your domain name vendor from your hosting provider. Like Conor said, too many have been burned, not able to move domains to new providers because of issues on the hosting side.

If you can't get .com then don't worry. Other extensions .net, .org are equally valuable. It all depends on how you wanna use the site. Focus on creating quality and meaningful content; in a long run the extension does not really matter the most. Visitors like quality sites, they don't care if it is .com, .net, or .org. Well, that's my opinion; even though I know .com is the most preferred.
Also, if you can stay away from buying domain names that are too long., it's better. It's hard to get type-in traffic with those names.

Who cares about the length of the domain if it contains your targeted keywords. But I do agree that hyphening the domain name can look somewhat spammy.

Long domains are very hard to remember, people generally remember names that make some meaning and they have to remember many domains. Domain name is general should be short and meaningful. If you want a long domain name, the domain name such as longdomainname. com should be preferred , such that it is easy to remember.

Always choose concise domain name. Long domain name will not prove fruitful in long run. People love to remember short domain name.

I think all the good short ones are gone too. At least the .com ones are. As long as you can think of a catchy domain name I think its fine.