Thirty years ago, dot .COM registrations happened once in a blue moon!
Three days from now, it’ll be 30 years since some pencil-pushing bureaucrat stared at a stack of papers, then punched some numbers into a rudimentary piece of software, thus registering the first application for a domain name. Symbolics.com was officiated on Friday, March 15th, 1985 – the very first .com domain to be registered via […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Symbolics dot com turns 29 today!
Symbolics.com – the first domain name ever to be registered – turned 29 years old today. The domain name Symbolics.com was registered on Friday, March 15th, 1985 by Symbolics, Inc., a computer manufacturer headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts at the time. In 2009 Symbolics.com was sold to XF Investments, owned by domain investor Aaron Meystedt, who […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Symbolics .com accepted by the Smithsonian Institution
Breaking news on an unprecedented honor for the domain community of entrepreneurs: The domain name, Symbolics.com has been accepted by the Smithsonian Institution, as part of its “Digital Dinosaurs through the Ages” collection. “I feel like being on cloud nine, first the Heritage auction performing ten times better than any large domain conference in recent […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Happy Ever After: Oldest domain name holder says “I do”!
Domain investor, Aron Meystedt, owns Symbolics.com – the world’s first registered .com domain. After a short engagement, Aron and Lauren Ashley are now husband and wife, having tied the proverbial knot a few days ago. Congratulations to the lovely couple, and best wishes from all of us! 😀
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domaining world’s most eligible bachelor got engaged!
The news is still fresh but very exciting: Aron Meystedt, and girlfriend Lauren Ashley just got engaged! Aron, the domain investor and serial entrepreneur behind such domain assets as Copier.com, Tablets.com and XF.com was considered by many as the most eligible bachelor in Domaining, as the owner of the oldest registered domain, Symbolics.com. Aron is […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Breaking: Aron Meystedt deletes Symbolics .com in protest
Aron Meystedt, the domain investor and serial entrepreneur behind such domain assets as Copier.com, Tablets.com and Symbolics.com, has deleted the latter in a protest that is expected to shock many. Symbolics.com, the oldest hand-registered domain name on the Internet, is no more. “It was a symbolic act, a digital self-immolation if you may, to raise […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Sorry we missed your birthday this year, Symbolics.com!
It’s embarrassing. It’s unforgivable. It’s preposterous. It’s outraging. It’s inexcusable. It’s horrific. It’s disappointing. But it’s true. This year, on March 15th, we missed the birthday of the first .com ever registered, Symbolics.com It’s now officially 27 years old, older than many newbie domainers. 😀 Happy belated birthday, Symbolics.com !
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Verisign: Really old domains go bad
It might be that Symbolics.com is the oldest .com domain in the world, what with having been registered in 1985 – a year many of you were not even born – but at least it has been actively used since then. Verisign is known for being in control of the .com and .net domains and […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.The Internet’s first 25 Years since Symbolics.com
Today, March 15th it’s the 25th anniversary of the first .com ever registered; technically setting the footprint of the commercial Internet. That first domain, Symbolics.com, registered on March 15, 1985 represents now an Internet monolith. The Internet brought forth many changes in everyday life. Here’s hoping to another 25!
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Aron Meystedt turned 30 today – His child turns 25 soon!
Congratulations and Happy Birthday to Aron Meystedt of XF.com who turns 30 years old today. In today’s post, he’s sharing 30 important “points” from his life with other domainers. For every man, the milestone of becoming thirty years old seems to be an important time in their lives. Although men reach mental maturity in their […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domainers Fight on Black Friday
Bruce Marler pumped both fists in the air. “It finally loaded,” he shouted. Bruce is among the many domainers waiting more than three hours for pages to load while he tries to register domain names today. “It’s insane,” he says with a glazed look in his eyes. “Me and Chef Patrick have been waiting since […]
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