today a website domain name is something you can pick up for just a few dollars and make your own for years to come. but have you ever wondered what the first domain names to be registered were?

what was the first .com ever to exist and for that matter what was the first .org or .gov? well now you can find out as the easy to remember website www.thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainatlonglast.com has listed the first 100 .com domain names to be registered.

here’s the top 10 from the list:

symbolics.com (march 15 1985)

bbn.com (april 24 1985)

think.com (may 24 1985)

mcc.com (july 11 1985)

dec.com (september 30 1985)

northrop.com (november 7 1985)

xerox.com (january 9 1986)

sri.com (january 17 1986)

hp.com (march 3 1986)

bellcore.com (march 5 1986)

those of you wondering about .org and .gov will be happy to know the first were mitre.org and css.gov.

other more personal questions to ask yourself include what was the first domain you ever visited and the first you ever registered?

read more at world’s first .com