On this day in 1985, the very first .COM domain, symbolics.com, was registered.

On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the .com domain name, what do you think? What do you think about the domain name industry in the next 10 years? Please leave a message in the comment area, and you are also welcome to like or forward this post, thank you!

🎂 Forty years ago, on March 15, 1985, a computer manufacturer from Massachusetts registered the first-ever dot-com domain: symbolics⁠.com.

Happy 40th birthday today to symbolics.com! 🎂Congratulations to Aron Meystedt | ValidatorAI.com | Symbolics.com! 🎉Read more... namepros.com/blog/domain-na…

40 years ago today, the first .com domain name was registered. There are now nearly 2 billion websites.

March 15, 1985: World's first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com (March 15, 1985). The domain is still active, serving as a historic marker on the internet.

What did people even do before the internet? Today marks 40 years since the first-ever domain name, symbolics.com, was registered. The world wide web wasn't even around when it was registered - it only came a few years later! #godaddydomains #SmallBusiness

Physics In History The fact that Symbolics.com is still active feels like touching the roots of the internet

Happy 40th birthday, Symbolics.com 🤟 You survived the federal worker layoffs through the Reagan, Bush, Clinton, GW Bush, Obama, Trump 45, and Biden administrations. Not so sure about Trump 47. Aron Meystedt | ValidatorAI.com | Symbolics.com

The first domain name - Symbolics.com was registered on March 15, 1985. Since then, over 359.8 million domain names have been registered – including Voice.com, which was sold for a record-breaking 30 million in 2019.

Today, 40 years ago on March 15, 1985, the first dot com domain name was registered. The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com, registered on by Symbolics Inc., a computer systems firm in Cambridge, Massachusetts. So far 664 Million domain names

Happy 40th Birthday (Symbolics.com) Reg 15 March 1985 NewsRecyclers.com by Australian Gene Downs The Generic Strategist > Symbolics.com | The first and oldest registered .com on the Internet. Domain Quality Scores and Rankings > symbolics.com

👍 Excellent write up about the history of Symbolics.com and ✅ how domains were registered in the early days (hint... NO tech involved!) and ✅ what we're up to with the domain name today (a little bit of AI). techradar.com/pro/i-visited-… 📄 QUIZ: HOW MANY domain

Had a great time CloudFest in Germany. Brought my wife and two kids along - because there was so much to do. Enjoyed speaking about the 40th anniversary of #domainnames and the #domain industry. The appreciation of Symbolics.com was, well, appreciated. :) Vint Cerf

All the photos from #CloudFest 2025 are now live! 📸 👉 Browse the full album: flickr.com/photos/1465312…

Thinking about auctioning a domain. Let's say it's a three letter .com. Where should I do it?

Excellent write up about the history and significance of Symbolics.com by Rob Schutz of Snagged.com He did a great job of giving the Symbolics Computer Corporation credit for their pioneering spirit, while explaining how this 'original digital asset' has a significant place in

Crazy Firsts: I'm big on firsts... I love genesis. QUIZ: (don't look up the answers) 1. What YEAR was the first email ever sent? and 2. WHAT was that email message? Ray Tomlinson sent the first email. There were really no inboxes at that point. Just one engineer testing

Business isn't a meritocracy. It might have been in the past, but not today. The brand that shows up everywhere wins. Even if their product isn’t the best. Your focus should be on 'familiarity'. People don’t buy the best. People buy what’s credible: and what’s credible is

Quick note today... (this came from my newsletter, but I want to share it here) Business isn't a meritocracy. It might have been in the past, but not today. The brand that shows up everywhere wins. Even if their product isn’t the best. Your focus should be on 'familiarity'.