25-Year Review of. com

Source: Internet
Author: User

The world's first. com domain name is symbolics.com, and now it is 25 years old. In the past 25 years, commercial Web has developed at an astonishing speed.
The Information Technology & Innovation, a Washington-based think tank, celebrated its 25 anniversary
Foundation (itif) published a report (in PDF format)
,
Reviewed the history of. com over the past 25 years and its
Impact on the world
.

The following is a summary of the report.

The report said that the Internet economy has led to a brand new business model, brought new products and services, changed the retail industry, changed the way companies produce and sell products, and promoted economic growth, eventually changed people
Communication, communication, and social networking.

In the past 25 years, about 0.25 billion of the world's 80 million websites. com, even when the Internet bubble breaks down
The number of domain names is also up to 0.66 million.

The report also mentions that although the Internet is everywhere, only 6.7 billion of the world's 25% people are involved in the. com economy. However, this trend is accelerating.
In 2007 alone, there were 73 million new Internet users in China.

Itif also estimates that the commercial Internet will bring about $1.5 trillion in economic benefits to the global economy every year. By 2020, this number will be $3.8 trillion.

Report Translation

The first. com domain name symbolics.com was registered on July 15, March 15, 1985. The company that registered the domain name symbolics, Inc.
An AI system company from MIT has closed down. The domain name was subsequently purchased by XF. com for the personal blog of the company's founder Aron meystedt.

Symbolics Is Not A. com
Companies, their products have nothing to do with the Internet and do not do business through the internet, but because of their MIT background, they want to show up on the Internet, most of their customers are scholars. They were truly at the killer level.
Internet applications, like others, are e-mails that help them simplify customer service and system maintenance. The. com domain name registrants after symbolics.com include
BBN, a subsidiary of ARPAnet, and universities such as Carnegie Mellon University.

Below are the first 100. com domain names registered

By category, the world's most popular sites

100 most visited sites in the world

The world's top 10 Internet companies

Full report download

PDF Format

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