Dated 15.03.1985, .com domain born. Computer manufacturers first .com domain name registration is Symbolics.

It has registered the domain name ‘symbolics.com’ on the day 15.03.1985 and was the first of several mien.com name registration company that year. But the company has declared bankruptcy in the early 90s but still operated under the direction of the new owners. This means, symbolics.com is the oldest .com domains on the Internet.

However, only in 1997, millions of new .com domain name was registered. According to the BBC, the current month up to 668 000 sites .com domain name registration. According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD, 21 million domain names registered between 1985 and 2000 and an additional 57 million domain names registered between 2000 and 2010.

By the way, we look back at 100 the oldest commercial website on the Internet:

1. symbolics.com, 15/3/1985
2. bbn.com (24/4/1985)
3. think.com (24/5/1985)
4. mcc.com (11/7/1985)
5. dec.com (30/9/1985)
6. northrop.com (7/11/1985)
7. xerox.com (9/1/1986)
8. sri.com (17/1/1986)
9. hp.com (3/3/1986)
10. bellcore.com (5/3/1986)
11. ibm.com (19/3/1986)
12. sun.com (19/3/1986)
13. intel.com (25/3/1986)
14. ti.com (25/3/1986)
15. att.com (25/4/1986)
16. gmr.com (8/5/1986)
17. tek.com (8/5/1986)
18. fmc.com (10/7/1986)
19. ub.com (10/7/1986)
20. bell-atl.com (5/8/1986)
21. ge.com (5/8/1986)
22. grebyn.com (5/8/1986)
23. isc.com (5/8/1986)
24. nsc.com (5/8/1986)
25. stargate.com (5/8 1986)
26. boeing.com (2/9/1986)
27. itcorp.com (18/9/1986)
28. siemens.com (29/9/1986)
29. pyramid.com (18/10/1986)
30. alphacdc.com (27/10/1986)
31. bdm.com (27/10/1986)
32. fluke.com (27/10/1986)
33. inmet.com (27/10/1986)
34. kesmai.com (27/10/1986)
35. mentor.com (27/10/1986)
36. nec.com (27/10/1986)
37. ray.com (27/10/1986)
38. rosemount.com (27/10/1986)
39. vortex.com (27/10/1986)
40. alcoa.com (5/11/1986)
41. gte.com (5/11/1986)
42. adobe.com (17/11/1986)
43. amd.com (17/11/1986)
44. das.com (17/11/1986)
45. data-io.com (17/11/1986)
46. octopus.com (17/11/1986)
47. portal.com (17/11/1986)
48. teltone.com (17/11/1986)
49. 3com.com (11/12/1986)
50. amdahl.com (11/12/1986)
51. ccur.com (11/12/1986)
52. ci.com (11/12/1986)
53. convergent.com (11/12/1986)
54. dg.com(11/12/1986)
55. peregrine.com (11/12/1986)
56. quad.com (11/12/1986)
57. sq.com (11/12/1986)
58. tandy.com (11/12/1986)
59. tti.com (11/12/1986)
60. unisys.com (11/12/1986)
61. cgi.com (19/1/1987)
62. cts.com (19/1/1987)
63. spdcc.com (19/1/1987)
64. apple.com (19/2/1987)
65. nma.com (4/3/1987)
66. prime.com (4/3/1987)
67. philips.com (4/4/1987)
68. datacube.com (23/4/1987)
69. kai.com (23/4/1987)
70. tic.com (23/4/1987)
71. vine.com (23/4/1987)
72. ncr.com (30/4/1987)
73. cisco.com (14/5/1987)
74. rdl.com (14/5/1987)
75. slb.com (20/5/1987)
76. parcplace.com (27/5/1987)
77. utc.com (27/5/1987)
78. ide.com (26/6/1987)
79. trw.com (9/7/1987)
80. unipress.com (13/7/1987)
81. dupont.com (27/7/1987)
82. lockheed.com (27/7/1987)
83. rosetta.com (28/7/1987)
84. toad.com (18/8/1987)
85. quick.com (31/8/1987)
86. allied.com (3/9/1987)
87. dsc.com (3/9/1987)
88. sco.com (3/9/1987)
89. gene.com (22/9/1987)
90. kccs.com (22/9/1987)
91. spectra.com (22/9/1987)
92. wlk.com (22/9/1987)
93. mentat.com (30/9/1987)
94. wyse.com (14/10/1987)
95. cfg.com (2/11/1987)
96. marble.com (9/11/1987)
97. cayman.com (6/11/1987)
98. entity.com (6/11/1987)
99. ksr.com (24/11/1987)
100. nynexst.com (30/11/1987)