2 hypens (--) behind eachother forbidden?

[groog]

I tried to register a domainname with 2 hypens (--) behind eachother, but it seemed I couldn't. Any know if this is a problem in the registrars software or is this forbidden?

 

[RJ]

'--' is allowed in .com/.net domains.

 

[Chris]

I'm not sure where you tried looking them up at but I just checked at GoDaddy and eNom and both allow the "--" in the lookups. Best of luck and Welcome to NamePros! :tu:

 

[AdoptableDomains]

I believe there may be a restriction only against them being in the third and fourth postion consecutively in the name, since a new standard will try to convert them to internationalized (non-english character) domain names.

Also, they cannot be in the first or last position which must be numbers or letters.

 

[1rrr1]

you can reg them at domainsite.com i think

 

[zdscn]

Domain Name: A--A.COM
Registrar: ENOM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.enom.com
Referral URL: http://www.enom.com
Name Server: DNS1.NAME-SERVICES.COM
Name Server: DNS2.NAME-SERVICES.COM
Name Server: DNS3.NAME-SERVICES.COM
Name Server: DNS4.NAME-SERVICES.COM
Name Server: DNS5.NAME-SERVICES.COM
Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK
Updated Date: 13-sep-2004
Creation Date: 13-sep-2004
Expiration Date: 13-sep-2005

Domain Name: A-A-A.COM
Registrar: DOMAINDISCOVER
Whois Server: whois.domaindiscover.com
Referral URL: http://www.domaindiscover.com
Name Server: NS.BUYDOMAINS.COM
Name Server: THIS-DOMAIN-FOR-SALE.COM
Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK
Updated Date: 10-aug-2004
Creation Date: 09-aug-2000
Expiration Date: 09-aug-2005

 

[AdoptableDomains]

Domain Name: A--A.COM

Yes, if the hyphens are not in the third and forth or first or last postion. This example is in the second and third position which should be allowed at any registrar.

 

[aww]

Can I ask WHY on earth someone would do this?
It has absolutely no SEO benefits and people definitely don't type --

 

[superprogrammer]

Can I ask WHY on earth someone would do this?
It has absolutely no SEO benefits and people definitely don't type --

Example
-GOOGLE-.com

 

[Anthony]

Example
-GOOGLE-.com

But hyphens in the first and last positions are not supported...

 

[Martin23]

This guy ahs no idea.

 

[hookah]

There is also the case of Multilindual domain names or IDNs where the ASCII representation of domain name with Unicode signs (ą, ę, ł, é, etc.) has two hyphens also on 3rd and 4th positions: i.e. 'café' is represented in ASCII as 'xn--caf-dma'.
i-Nav browser plugin translates such names.

 

[zestydomains*com]

But hyphens in the first and last positions are not supported...

Very True, and neither can you start with "--" or end with "--".

Hyphens are really a tough thing to negotiate in seo applications. Sometimes I think they are your friends, but rarely are many names worth very much that contain them.

Andrew

 

[groog]

Okay, thank you all for clearing this up and yes it seems I can order at Godaddy.