What Is Your Oldest Domain Name?

[Lee]

Is it anywhere near as old as the top 100 oldest domains?

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
16= 08-May-1986 GMR.COM
16= 08-May-1986 TEK.COM
18= 10-Jul-1986 FMC.COM
18= 10-Jul-1986 UB.COM
20= 05-Aug-1986 BELL-ATL.COM
20= 05-Aug-1986 GE.COM
20= 05-Aug-1986 GREBYN.COM
20= 05-Aug-1986 ISC.COM
20= 05-Aug-1986 NSC.COM
20= 05-Aug-1986 STARGATE.COM
26. 02-Sep-1986 BOEING.COM
27. 18-Sep-1986 ITCORP.COM
28. 29-Sep-1986 SIEMENS.COM
29. 18-Oct-1986 PYRAMID.COM
30= 27-Oct-1986 ALPHACDC.COM
30= 27-Oct-1986 BDM.COM
30= 27-Oct-1986 FLUKE.COM
30= 27-Oct-1986 INMET.COM
30= 27-Oct-1986 KESMAI.COM
30= 27-Oct-1986 MENTOR.COM
30= 27-Oct-1986 NEC.COM
30= 27-Oct-1986 RAY.COM
30= 27-Oct-1986 ROSEMOUNT.COM
30= 27-Oct-1986 VORTEX.COM
40= 05-Nov-1986 ALCOA.COM
40= 05-Nov-1986 GTE.COM
42= 17-Nov-1986 ADOBE.COM
42= 17-Nov-1986 AMD.COM
42= 17-Nov-1986 DAS.COM
42= 17-Nov-1986 DATA-IO.COM
42= 17-Nov-1986 OCTOPUS.COM
42= 17-Nov-1986 PORTAL.COM
42= 17-Nov-1986 TELTONE.COM
42= 11-Dec-1986 3COM.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986 AMDAHL.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986 CCUR.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986 CI.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986 CONVERGENT.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986 DG.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986 PEREGRINE.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986 QUAD.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986 SQ.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986 TANDY.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986 TTI.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986 UNISYS.COM
61= 19-Jan-1987 CGI.COM
61= 19-Jan-1987 CTS.COM
61= 19-Jan-1987 SPDCC.COM
64. 19-Feb-1987 APPLE.COM
65= 04-Mar-1987 NMA.COM
65= 04-Mar-1987 PRIME.COM
67. 04-Apr-1987 PHILIPS.COM
68= 23-Apr-1987 DATACUBE.COM
68= 23-Apr-1987 KAI.COM
68= 23-Apr-1987 TIC.COM
68= 23-Apr-1987 VINE.COM
72. 30-Apr-1987 NCR.COM
73= 14-May-1987 CISCO.COM
73= 14-May-1987 RDL.COM
75. 20-May-1987 SLB.COM
76= 27-May-1987 PARCPLACE.COM
76= 27-May-1987 UTC.COM
78. 26-Jun-1987 IDE.COM
79. 09-Jul-1987 TRW.COM
80. 13-Jul-1987 UNIPRESS.COM
81= 27-Jul-1987 DUPONT.COM
81= 27-Jul-1987 LOCKHEED.COM
83. 28-Jul-1987 ROSETTA.COM
84. 18-Aug-1987 TOAD.COM
85. 31-Aug-1987 QUICK.COM
86= 03-Sep-1987 ALLIED.COM
86= 03-Sep-1987 DSC.COM
86= 03-Sep-1987 SCO.COM
89= 22-Sep-1987 GENE.COM
89= 22-Sep-1987 KCCS.COM
89= 22-Sep-1987 SPECTRA.COM
89= 22-Sep-1987 WLK.COM
93. 30-Sep-1987 MENTAT.COM
94. 14-Oct-1987 WYSE.COM
95. 02-Nov-1987 CFG.COM
96. 09-Nov-1987 MARBLE.COM
97= 16-Nov-1987 CAYMAN.COM
97= 16-Nov-1987 ENTITY.COM
99. 24-Nov-1987 KSR.COM
100. 30-Nov-1987 NYNEXST.COM

http://www.jottings.com/100-oldest-dot-com-domains.htm

Strange to see no adult domains registered in that list, id have thought at least 1 of the top 100 oldest domains would be a porn related one LOL

Oh, our oldest domain is actualy gaywidewebmasters.com which was registered sometime back in '96 :eek:

So whats your oldest domain name?

Regards,

Lee

[XXXWriterDude]

Wow. You'd think that with all the millions of people in the world, there would have been more domains purchased during those first several months. Only one person in March of '85? Sure, it was the beginning and all, but only one domain purchased in all of the world in that month?

I wonder... does this list take into account all the domains that were purhcased that are no longer around? Or are these all domains that are still up?

[desslock]

The oldest domain that I still own today was created on June 15, 1995.

And out of curiosity, I just saw that my Yahoo directory listing is still in there, somthing I'd totally forgotten about. From time to time I get the inspiration to write some new comtent for it, and sell something on the side like Crucial memory chip upgrades or domain name registrations.

I'm glad I kept the domains on.... search engines like websites that have been around forever.

Steve

[Xstr8guy]

Haha! It looks like they haven't redesigned the site since 1985! http://symbolics.com/index.htm

[desslock]

Well look closely at that list. It's full of many technology companies that have been long dead and buried. Kind of a "Who's Who" of the origins of the high tech boom. Dec.Com ??? Poor ol' DEC. The technology lightbulb dimmed on Massachusetts after the 1980s.

And I also noted on that list bellcore.com.... woah. Plain Old Telephone Service. However they both wield some amazing google pr numbers.

Steve

[Xstr8guy]

If you owned the 4th oldest domain in history (mcc.com) wouldn't you have something on it or at least redirect it to another site? DUMMIES!

[Happysucks]

Also, take into account the Cost of a domain in the 80's. When we started it was $100.00 per name. Our first .com was in 95.

With the unknown future of this world wide net thing – no one was willing to plop that kind of cash down for uncertainties.

[basschick]

our oldest domain was registered 08/30/96. we were on a subdomain before that - not that we knew what a subdomain was at the time *LOL*

[Happysucks]

our oldest domain was registered 08/30/96. we were on a subdomain before that - not that we knew what a subdomain was at the time *LOL*

Ditto

[gaybucks_chip]

I think my oldest domain is from '97, though I registered a couple of others for companies I was working for in 95 and 96.

As for porn... keep in mind that there was no way to *deliver* porn other than newsgroups and Gopher and FTP prior to 1994... and very little image support until sometime in 95.

The other interesting thing is these are the oldest .COM domains... there were domains with no suffix (as in so-and-so@mit) back in the 80s, but of course, there were only maybe a dozen or two domains total...