Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatosilphioparaomelitokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonoptekephalliokigklopeleiolagoiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon.

Tell me:

What is the Longest word in the English Dictionary?

According to Wiki Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatosilphioparaomelitokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonoptekephalliokigklopeleiolagoiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon (182 characters I think) is the longest word coined by an author, while the longest word in any of the major English dictionaries is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (45 characters), (something to do with a lung disease).

Why Is This Page Here?

It's here primarily to record how Google displays a page title in the serps when it elects not to choose the Title Element.

I was interested in seeing what Google makes of a page with a word that Google could not understand - how it displays it in SERPS etc. The word's too long to search for, too long to be in anchor text, too long to be displayed in titles in SERPS. I think if it's not in links and on page content it cannot rank in SERPS.

I already know if you break the title (ie use a 71 character word), Google uses the H1 as the page title in SERPS displays. What happens if you break the H1 too?

Questions

• Is Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatosilphioparaomelitokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonoptekephalliokigklopeleiolagoiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon too long to be recognised as a word? YES, of course.
• Is it too long to be displayed as a H1 / Page Title? YES
• Will Google choose the text "Tell me: What is the Longest word in the English Dictionary?" as the title? Just the text, just the H2? Will Google ignore the page? Google chose the next available Header Tag - a H2 - I've changed it to a H6 to see if Google chooses that.

Why am I interested in these long words and Google? I am a SEO Geek :)

Shaun Anderson (Hobo)

PS - This page might be a one way ticket to Google Supplementals, or ignored. In case it's supp, here's a made up word - shaunzogoogletester! Yup - it did.