Celebrating 25 Years of .com

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 10:23 AM PDT

VeriSign is celebrating 25 years of the .com domain extension this year and OpenSRS is thrilled to be a part of it.

Way back in 1985, Coke became New Coke and Old Coke became an instant Classic, Live Aid raised money for famine relief in Ethiopia, and both the Commodore Amiga and the NeXT computers were launched. Amid all that, a Massachusetts company registered the first .com domain name — symbolics.com.

Here we are, 25 years later. New Coke is gone, Live Aid is ancient history, Amiga and NeXT computers are museum pieces, but .com is going strong. To celebrate the milestone, VeriSign has rolled out a campaign that looks back at some of the events and people that shaped the Internet over the last quarter century. The focal point is the 25yearsof.com website which provides a hub for all the different activities, events and celebrations taking place this year.

The .com 25

One of the most interesting elements is the .com 25. Later this year, a panel of Silicon Valley influencers will select “the ‘.com 25′; the 25 people and/or companies whose inspiring contributions were fundamental in shaping the Internet and, thereby, our worlds.”

Head over to the 25yearsof.com website and you can see a list of the 75 finalists from which the .com 25 honourees will be selected. From companies like Amazon, Netscape and Cisco, to people like Vint Cerf, Mark Zuckerberg and Steve Case, the list reads like a who’s-who of Internet history. I wouldn’t want to be on the jury that has to select just 25 people to honour as the .com 25.

The .com25 will be announced at a .com Gala event in San Francisco on May 26, 2010. The event celebrates the impact that 25 years of Internet innovation have had on society and looks forward to the next 25 years as well.

Take part in the celebration

You’re invited to take part in the 25yearsof.com events. There’s going to be lots of media attention paid to the various events taking place over the course of the year. You may wish to be a part of it by leveraging some of the 25yearsof.com marketing assets, and maybe build your own promotion around the events.

VeriSign is going to kick off a contest shortly called, “How do you .com?” They’ll be asking people around the world to answer that question and share how they use the Internet, and the .com extension in their lives.

If you would like to get involved, check out the 25yearsof.com website, their Facebook page, follow @25yearsofdotcom on Twitter and subscribe to their YouTube channel.

OPENSRS

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