Now a days, domain name and website has become some important things which every company should posses, no matter whether it’s a small or big company. Domain name plays a vital role when it comes to internet marketing. There are many companies based on internet where those companies turnovers are in billions, You can take Google and Facebook as an example the owners of Google and Facebook are one of the top millionaires in the world. So, By seeing these examples you might have got an idea what a service in internet is worth of. Coming to the domain part, Domains plays an important role in those internet services, Domain represents the service to the whole world. Sometimes, People spend millions for buying some domains.
In 2009, Quinstreet Company has purchased a domain name “Insure.com” for a price tag of $16 million and it is the most expensive domain name ever sold.
Domain names are not new to the world or to the Internet as domain names have a history of 25 years. The first domain was registered with the domain extension “.com”
So, Here are the top 10 oldest domain names:
It is the first domain name registered in the internet. It was registered by Symbolics in March 15, 1985.
2. Bbn.com
Bbn.com is the second domain name registered in the internet. It was registered by BBN Technologies in April 24, 1985. It is the first 3 letters domain name registered in the internet.
3. Think.com
Think.com was registered by Thinking Machines in May 24, 1985. By the way, Think.com is the first domain name registered with a keyword in domain name that is “think”, first 2 domains are registered with their company names but this domain looks catchy.
4. Mcc.com
Mcc.com was registered by Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation in July 11, 1985.
5. Dec.com
Dec.com is the fifth domain name registered in internet. It was registered by Digital Equipment Corporation in September 30, 1985.
6. Northrop.com
Northrop.com is the 6th and the last domain name registered in 1985. It was registered by Northrop Corporation in November 7, 1985.
7. Xerox.com
Xerox.com was registered by Xerox in January 9, 1986. It is the first domain name registered in 1986.
8. Sri.com
Sri.com was registered by SRI International in January 17, 1986.
9. Hp.com
Hp.com is the first 2 letter domain name registered. It was registered by Hewlett-Packard in March 3, 1986.
10. Bellcore.com
Bellcore.com is the 10th domain name registered in the internet. It was registered by Bell Communications Research in March 5, 1986.
And one interest fact is that Now, there are 124,177,702 active domains and 389,017,285 deleted domains are there in the internet according to Domain Tools.
#1 by Angelita on November 20, 2010 - 2:41 PM
Wow!!!
I am amazed to know that the domain registrations started on 1985 itself.