Internet Marketing and eCommerce Expert – Nigel Burke's Blog

On March 15, 1985, the first .com domain name was registered as symbolics.com. It took 10 years before the public became aware of what a domain name was.

Today, there are over 80 million domain names with the system serving as a platform for $400 billion US dollars in econmic activity. The Internet today generates more than $1.5 trillion US dollars per year.

People often question how we found out information before the Internet. Remember when you

• had to go to the travel agent to make any travel plans
• selling your old things in the garage was done using a garage sale – not eBay
• you got the phone book out to call anyone
• price comparisons were done by visiting a number of shops
• product reviews were done by asking questions
• receipe books or pieces of paper were used when making a dinner
• an overseas phone call was kept short because it was too expensive
• correspondence between businesses took days – no emails
• faxes were used all the time for businesses
• videos were rented from the video store
• short videos was only seen on the funniest home video show – not youtube

We’ve come a long way in 15 years. What will the next 15 years bring us?

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