This topic is getting even more interesting now. As the World Wide Web started to grow, it also became a platform for the coming together of entities bound by some common thread.
Social Networking – March, 2003
It all started with Friendster. And, as the name clearly indicates, it was a site meant for 'friends'; a source of networking on the Internet. By the month of July 2003, the site was being used by more than a million people, who liked 'staying in touch' through a common, feasible platform.
Today, Friendster, the pioneer, has lost into oblivion; sidelined by stronger competitors. MySpace, Facebook, Orkut and the likes were started on the same lines and continue to dominate web users' mindsets with increased doses of interactivity and that personalised touch.
Amazon – July, 1995
Termed as the 'world's largest book store', Amazon started operations in the mid of 1995, headquartered in a garage in Bellevue, Washington. Jeff Bezos, the founder of this all-inclusive online store, has actually revolutionised e-commerce big time. Today, Amazon sells anything and everything through its global network of affiliate programmes.
Domain Names – June, 1983
The domain naming system came into place in the year 1983, resulting from the combined efforts of Paul Mockapetris, Craig Partridge and the late Jon Postel. These guys did a world of good for web users by replacing numerical Internet addresses with real domain names.
Just imagine if we had to memorise all kinds of 12-digit numbers in order to open a website! It would have been so taxing. But thankfully, all we need to do is, type the domain name of the site, and the server itself will decode it into numbers and open the required Internet address.
Today, we can't actually think of the web without all these 'facilities'. More in the next blog...
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