Posted by ronkel

What was the first dot com domain name ever registered? 

It was March 15th 1985.  Only 9 other dot com domains were registered in the 12 months following the registration of Symbolics.com.   The ten oldest domains include four 3-letter domains ( a category that became highly sought after, even to this day).  The ten historic names are…

1. Symbolics.com: March 15, 1985
2. BBN.com: April 24, 1985
3. Think.com: May 24, 1985
4. MCC.com: July 11, 1985
5. DEC.com: September 30, 1985
6. Northrop.com: November 7, 1985
7. Xerox.com: January 9, 1986
8. SRI.com: January 17, 1986
9. HP.com: March 3, 1986
10. Bellcore.com: March 5, 1986

When you consider that any name could have been registered in those early days, it is a bit surprising what was NOT registered – but back then no one had an inkling how valuable domain names would become a little over a decade later.

Source: http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/12-23-08.htm

You can review PC World’s entire 100 Oldest .Com Domains list here.

Check out number 64 – wow!  And to live with the fact that my dad told me not long after this that this internet thing and domain names are going to be the  thing of the future.  I did register a couple of good ones but nothing like I should have.