The 25 Oldest Domains, Starting With Symbolics.com in 1985

by Morgan on November 27, 2012

Do you know what he 25 oldest domains are? It all starts with Symbolics.com back in 1985 which turned-out to be a hot year for domains as names like BBN.com, Think.com and several others started what has become one of the biggest virtual real estate markets on the planet. If you’d like to take a walk down memory lane enjoy this infographic showing the 25 oldest domains.

Now here’s an interesting question for you. What were you doing in 1985 and when did you first discover domains?

Thanks to LoveLogo.com for the awesome infographic!

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  Logan Flatt November 27, 2012, 8:18 am

  Awesome infographic. I’m printing it out and putting it on my office door for all to see.

  In 1985, I was a sophomore in high school: band geek, girl chaser, and music lover.

  I first discovered domains in 1989 while a freshman in college at SMU in Dallas as I used GOPHER, FTP, and email to move about and gather information from the Internet.

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    Morgan November 27, 2012, 2:02 pm

    Really glad you liked it @Logan! I still remember Gopher, ah the good ol’ days!

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  Tia Wood November 27, 2012, 9:12 am

  In 1985 I was four, probably climbing trees and enjoying the outdoors. I loved being outside. LoveLogo makes nice infographics…I can’t believe 3 of those great domains don’t resolve.

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  Adam Dempsey November 27, 2012, 9:17 am

  I wasn’t doing a long, wasn’t born till the year after! 🙂

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  Adam Dempsey November 27, 2012, 9:18 am

  I wasn’t doing a lot, wasn’t born till the year after! 🙂

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  Jay November 27, 2012, 10:13 am

  Thanks for sharing. Nice post!

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    Morgan November 27, 2012, 1:57 pm

    Absolutely @Jay, glad you enjoyed it!

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  TeaFlow November 27, 2012, 2:14 pm

  I had no idea that UB.com was such an old domain name. It was last owned by Ultimate Bet, an online poker room that folded after the events of the dreded “Black Friday” when the FBI shut down the biggest us-facing online poker rooms.

  I am fairly certain that nobody who had money on UB.com was ever paid. Awful awful situation.

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  AbdulBasit Makrani November 27, 2012, 8:24 pm

  I wasn’t even born in 1985 😀

  I came to know about domains in late 2004 but got serious interest from 2010.

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  Simon March 21, 2013, 2:22 pm

  Morgan – I think you might want to update your infographic:

  http://www.domainerincome.com/news/the-oldest-registered-domain-is-in-europe/

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