100 Oldest Dot Com Domains
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James Joyner | Thursday, January 6, 2005 |
100 oldest dot com domains (Jottings.com)
Rank Create date Domain name
1. 15-Mar-1985 SYMBOLICS.COM
2. 24-Apr-1985 BBN.COM
3. 24-May-1985 THINK.COM
4. 11-Jul-1985 MCC.COM
5. 30-Sep-1985 DEC.COM
6. 07-Nov-1985 NORTHROP.COM
7. 09-Jan-1986 XEROX.COM
8. 17-Jan-1986 SRI.COM
9. 03-Mar-1986 HP.COM
10. 05-Mar-1986 BELLCORE.COM
11= 19-Mar-1986 IBM.COM
11= 19-Mar-1986 SUN.COM
13= 25-Mar-1986 INTEL.COM
13= 25-Mar-1986 TI.COM
15. 25-Apr-1986 ATT.COM
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100. 30-Nov-1987 NYNEXST.COM
via Radley Balko
What’s especially interesting to me is that it took 2-1/2 years to register the first 100. Heck, only ten went out the first year! Nowadays, people will buy up all the permutions of a site name on the merest hint that someone might want it.
About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia.
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"Nowadays, people will buy up all the permutions of a site name on the merest hint that someone might want it."
HOW RIGHT YOU ARE!
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