 | View Full Version : Oldest .com domain? anto 10-29-2001, 09:20 AM Hi, I just found out that citicorp.com was registered on 31 August 1989! Any other domain as old as citicorp.com? Anyone knows what is the first .com domain? TA. jks 10-29-2001, 09:33 AM Originally posted by anto Hi, I just found out that citicorp.com was registered on 31 August 1989! Any other domain as old as citicorp.com? Anyone knows what is the first .com domain? TA. A quick check shows that att.com is from April 1986... There's probably some even older than that.. El Nino 10-29-2001, 10:02 AM I see a lot of places that I thought would have ones longer than that have re-registered since then like internic.net, networksolutions.com, aol.com, whois.net, arin.net cperciva 10-29-2001, 10:27 AM Remember that organizations like IANA are quite recent inventions; for a long time IANA/ICANN was simply Jon Postel. It was only shortly before his death that organizations were created to do the task which he alone had been doing. Chicken 10-29-2001, 10:32 AM The first domain name registered (in regards to .com's of today, and the current system) was Symbolics.com (registered on March 15, 1985). Other info... "After that, it took nearly 15 months for the number of domain registrations to reach 100". dherman76 10-29-2001, 10:36 AM Pretty interesting! Can you imagine buying Nike.com back in 1987? You would be a millionaire! method5 10-29-2001, 10:47 AM Pretty interesting! Can you imagine buying Nike.com back in 1987? You would be a millionaire! or you could of went full out and be a multi-millionaire ! altavista.com address.com books.com business.com cars.com casino.com engineering.com email.com employment.com entertainment.com gambling.com health.com homes.com home.com kids.com law.com media.com school.com search.com online.com sex.com download.com software.com hardware.com sports.com travel.com dherman76 10-29-2001, 10:51 AM Thats true :) Jason Ellis 10-29-2001, 01:58 PM Originally posted by dherman76 Pretty interesting! Can you imagine buying Nike.com back in 1987? You would be a millionaire! Yeah - especially since in 1987 registering a domain name was free! MCHost-Marc 10-29-2001, 04:07 PM Originally posted by Jason Ellis Yeah - especially since in 1987 registering a domain name was free! I dont think i would mind paying $35 for business.com :D phpjames 10-29-2001, 04:27 PM Ibm.com and HP.com are in 85 I think. Microsuck is in 91. Wierd to see these huh? dherman76 10-29-2001, 04:30 PM Its so wierd. We are alive for the start of the internet...unbelievable. iwannabe 10-29-2001, 04:49 PM Originally posted by dherman76 Pretty interesting! Can you imagine buying Nike.com back in 1987? You would be a millionaire! Nah! Nike will sue you before you see a penny and you'll have to give it to them:D dherman76 10-29-2001, 04:50 PM Pretty good one :) I wonder where we will be in 100 years from now...where will the internet be? Honu 10-29-2001, 04:56 PM Aloha well since most cable is underground ?? I guess it will be underground and so will we ;) hehehehehe Originally posted by dherman76 Pretty good one :) I wonder where we will be in 100 years from now...where will the internet be? akashik 10-30-2001, 02:30 PM http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,19140,00.html speaking of sex.com, I read this a while back. Makes for pretty interesting reading. It's rumored to pull in $100 million a year. The rest of the story just gets more amazing :) Greg Moore |