Amazing facts about domains

Domain names are a valuable commodity in the market. Did you know: when was the first domain in the world and when a domain name appeared in the Russian Internet?

The answers to these and many other questions related to the domains, you will discover by reading these interesting facts:

The world's first domain – Symbolics.com was registered March 15, 1985. At the time there was no email and did not yet exist productive sites, so domain name few people knew.
One of the first domains in Russia nostalgie.ru which was registered in 1996, then began to appear other domains. It is worth noting that even Microsoft did not consider the future development of the Internet and domain names, and interested only in 1995. The price of a domain name increases with time and is comparable with the aging of good wine. This is because search engines give preference to first in the ranking registration of domain names.
Global giant Google has purchased the shortest in the world a domain name, to simplify Chinese users access to the system. Name – G. cn through which the users reach a page on Google.
The web address plays a not unimportant role in the development of the resource. Some people run the business and are committed to unwind and resell domain names. World's most expensive Internet address is — PrivateJet.com the price of which is $ 30 million. One large holding company acquired it for a record price for the development of their business project. One of the world's leading Internet resources in the field of insurance is considered to be Insure.com. The owners of the Internet sites engaged in providing services for life insurance. Price per domain is around $ 16 million.
Sanmei of foreign trade, which worked to the benefit of Google, was overjoyed when his email, received confirmation that domain name Google.com free. He accidentally typed a domain name into a search engine. The amount of the purchase was only $ 12. Long enjoy Vedu was not necessary. Google Domains has directed a former employee of the company about the cancellation of the purchase. The letter stated that someone else purchased the domain Google.com. Spent 12 dollars was returned on the same day, but Ved is not particularly upset about the failed transaction. The author noted that until 1995, it was possible to register a domain for free. Since 1995, approval for the sale of domain names was received by the institution Network Solutions. Initially the price of domains up to a hundred dollars, but then fell sharply to 70.
In the network recorded over 250 million domain names. Each year, the number of domain names increased by 12%. On the Internet there are about 26,5 million sites.
Nick Bury, a programmer who organized the online resource Data Genetics, which deals with the collection and processing of information in the world wide web. He has published some interesting facts related web sites. In the zone .Com, the average name length is 12 characters, and in the area .Net – 11. About 12% of all domain names in the zone .Com, contain in their name "hyphen". In most domain names of level 2 there is the letter "E". Most of the site names begin and end with the letter "S". Only 9% of domain names in zone. Com, contain in their name the digit.
The Internet industry is not standing still and is constantly evolving. Domain names popping up every day, and their owners hope for a quick development and the acquisition of popularity in the world wide web, with the purpose of resale. 20 years ago nobody would have thought that some domain names will be worth a fortune.