Why there will never be a world record for the longest domain

In 2002, the owner of thelongestdomainnameintheworldandthensomeandthensomemoreandmore.com, emailed the Guinness Book of World Records to see if it qualified as a world record for the longest domain.

Scott Christie at Guinness sent back a polite but firm rejection:

After having examined the information you sent, and given full
consideration to your proposal, I am afraid we are unable to accept your
proposal as a record.

This record is currently rested, which means that no one can attempt this
record and become a new record holder. It has been rested because there is
no merit whatsoever in this. It takes little to no effort and is similar
to taking the largest number in the world and then adding 1 to it.

Because everyone can register domains and registrations are capped to a length of no more than 63 characters, anyone can have the “world’s longest domain.” A quick Google search shows there are many others:
llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochuchaf.com/
iamtheproudownerofthelongestlongestlongestdomainnameinthisworld.com/
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijk.com
3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592.com

The unofficial record for the world’s longest single-word domain goes to the Welsh village of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. Though not technically the longest domain ever registered, I think it deserves the record more than any of the others because it’s being used for a legitimate purpose.

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