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Celebrating #30YearsofCOM

Celebrating #30YearsófCOM VERISIGN 3 Decades of .COM MILESTONES In the last 30 years, the Internet has evolved from an unknown phenomenon used primarily by academics and researchers to a global communication, commerce and information sharing channel that few could imagine life without. Let's take a look at how .COM has helped shape the Internet and life as we know it today. 1985-1995 First .COM domain name is registered on March 15 - 8, | Symbolics.com 100 Tech giants Apple and Cisco register Apple.com and Cisco.com 00000 "87 The first commercial dial-up Internet provider, The World, launches. Total registered .cOM domain names 68, The World Wide Web launches to the public enabling '91 easy access to information shared on .COM websites HOver 100 .COM websites are live E6, 2$ e-Commerce powerhouse Amazon.com '94 is registered '95 Yahoo and AOL launch on .cOM Match.com launches as one of the first online dating services 1996-2005 First web-based mail service, HoTMaiL.com launches Expedia.com launches, changing the way we book 96 travel 1M Netflix.com launches as first mainstream L6, online video rental service Google.com goes live, changing the way people Total registered .COM 86, domain names find information online Alibaba.com launches in China 66, Paypal.com and Blogger.com are registered VeriSign, Inc. becomes registry operator for .cOM 10M 00, Skype launches via Skype.com, making VolP mainstream Total registered .COM LinkedIn.com launches, bringing professional domain names "03 networking online "04 Facebook launches as TheFacebook.com. "05 YouTube.com launches 2006-2015 "06 Twitter.com launches Flipkart.com, a leading destination for online shopping in India, launches *07 Sina Weibo, a leading Chinese microblogging website launches on Weibo.com 60, Pinterest.com and Instagram.com 10 launch DNSSEC is implemented in the .COM zone 11 100M 12 |Snapchat.com is registered Total registered .COM domain names Tencent launches China's first private online bank, 15 116M WeBank.com Total registered .COM domain names Cheers 30 Years THE FUTURE THE NUMBER OF POSSIBLE .COM DOMAIN NAMES IS OVER 10 TO THE 98TH POWER. ....H To put total availability into perspective, today there are approximately 2.5 billion Internet users around the globe. If every user registered a .COM domain name every second for 30 million years, a total of about 2.4 septillion domain names (that's 2.4 followed by 24 zeros) would be registered. And, that's less than one billionth of a billionth of 1% of total availability! There are A LOT of great .COM domains left for registration.? com Register your .COM today through a participating registrar and make sure to enter it into the Verisign #InternetOfficial contest at VerisignInternetOfficial.com by April 30, 2015 for an opportunity to win up to $35K. 1. Growth of registered .COM domain names in 2015 is as of March 1, 2015 according to http://www.verisigninc.com/en_US/channel-resources/domain-reg istry-products/zone-file-information/index.xhtml 2. VeriSign, Inc. Q42014 Domain Name Industry Brief (April 2014) http://www.verisigninc.com/assets/domain-name-report-april2014.pdf ABOUT VERISIGN fy in a Verisign, a global leader in domain names and Internet security, enables Internet navigation for many of the world's most recognized domain names and provides protection for websites and enterprises around the world. Verisign ensures the security, stability and resiliency of key Intemet infrastructure and services, including the .COM and .NET domains and two of the Internet's root servers, as well as performs the root-zone maintainer functions for the core of the Intemet's Domain Name System (DNS). Verisign's Network Intelligence and Availability services include intelligence-driven Distributed Denial of Service Protection, iDefense Security Intelligence and Managed DNS. To learn more about what it means to be Powered by Verisign, please visit Verisignlnc.com. © 2015 VeriSign, Inc. All rights reserved. VERISIGN; the Verisign logo; and other trademarks, service marks and Verisign designs are registe red or unregistered trademarks of VeriSign, Inc. and its subsidiaries in the United States and foreign countries. All other trademarks are property of the ir respective owners.

Celebrating #30YearsofCOM

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