1. The first registered .COM domain name was Symbolics.com
On March 15, 1985, Symbolics.com became the first officially registered .COM domain. Symbolics Computer Corporation originally purchased the domain for their pioneering computer development company. The domain name has since been acquired and sells advertising on the homepage, so anyone can “own a little spot in history.”
2. Most domains can only be 63 characters long
Different domain extensions have different rules and regulations. Most TLDs, however, require your domain name to be no longer than 63 characters. It’s the standard for the most popular TLDs and many country code domains as well.
The 63 character limit hasn’t stopped some people from getting creative with their domain names, like the actual Welsh Village that owns this domain: http://www.llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch.com/
3. You can still get a Soviet Union domain
Unless it was printed before 1991, you won’t find the Soviet Union on a map. Still, the state’s online presence has survived with .su domain names. The number of .su domain registrations continues to grow in spite of the Soviet Union’s dismantlement.
4. Youtube.com was a Valentine’s Day baby
Youtube.com was registered as a domain name on February 14, 2005 (has it really been that long already?). It was a day of massive confusion for a company called Universal Tube & Rollform Equipment. The company’s domain, Utube.com, was overwhelmed by traffic and caused their servers to crash.
5. All “A” .com domains are taken
Oddly, all domain names with the letter A repeated in any succession from 1-63 are registered. We apologize for delivering the bad news if you were planning to register www.aaaaa… x63 .com.
6. The most expensive domain was sold for $35 million
In 2007, VacationRentals.com was purchased for the price of $35 million dollars. Brian Sharples bought the domain for his online vacation rental business, HomeAway.
There are various lists available online touting the most expensive domain names, but an interview with Sharples verified the deal. “I mean we bought a website in the United States called VacationRentals.com for 35 million bucks.” he said, “The only reason we bought it was so Expedia couldn’t have that URL.”
7. Domain names are most commonly 11 characters long
They also most commonly start with the letter S. This is probably because more English words begin with S than with any other letter. Those were bonus facts.
8. Google.com was supposed to be Googol.com
Google founders, Larry Page and Sean Anderson had intended to name their company “Googol,” the term for the number value 1 followed by 100 zeros. The two made a minor spelling error when they sat down to search if “googol” was available as a domain name. Google.com was registered and the rest is history.
9. All three-character domains are taken
There are over 50,000 character combinations you could make for three-character domains and they are all registered. Three-character domain names are hot.com because they’re quick and easy to remember. By 1997, all of the three-character .com domains were spoken for, which has since included .net, .org, .info, .biz and many other TLDs as well.
10. One time, a guy registered nearly 15,000 domains in a day
It’s true. Crafty domain speculator, Mike Mann once purchased 14,962 domains in the span of 24 hours. When asked about his investment, he replied “I’m just really greedy, I want to own the world.” No further questions, Mann.
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