{"id":66,"date":"2015-12-04T11:54:17","date_gmt":"2015-12-04T11:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/temp.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/?p=66"},"modified":"2017-06-09T12:51:03","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T11:51:03","slug":"5-interesting-domain-name-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/04\/5-interesting-domain-name-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Interesting Domain Name Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"post-body entry-content\">We all know what Domain Names are, we use and type them into our browsers every day. But here is a list of our top 5 interesting facts about Domain Names that you may not have heard about:<\/h3>\n<p>1)\u00a0The most expensive domain names ever sold have been as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Insurance.com $35.6 million (purchased in 2010)<\/li>\n<li>VacationRentals.com $35 million (purchased in 2007)<\/li>\n<li>PrivateJet.com $30.18 million (purchased in 2012)<\/li>\n<li>Internet.com $18 million (purchased in 2009)<\/li>\n<li>360.com $17 million (purchased in 2015)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2)\u00a0Mike Mann purchased 15,000 domains in a single day. When asked why he had purchased so many domain names, he replied \u201cI\u2019m just really greedy, I want to own the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>3)\u00a0The longest unabbreviated domain name in history was: www.llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.com &#8211; this is the real name of a Welsh Village, good luck getting auto-fill to recognise that one.<\/p>\n<p>4)\u00a0Domain Names can only be 63 characters long, however companies such as Coca-Cola have pushed this to the limit by securing a total of 62 domains all playing on their \u2018The Ahh Effect\u2019. They started with Ahh.com, Ahhh.com, Ahhhh.com right up to 61 \u2018h\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>5)\u00a0Google.com was originally meant to be Googol.com. Founder Larry Page had originally intended their name to be Googol, the word of which signifies a \u20181\u2019 with 100 \u20180\u2019s after it. Unfortunately however on securing the domain it was secured with a type, and then the name Google was born. Oooops.<\/p>\n<p>My Hosting Bubble provide a vast range of domain name suffixes, so please get in touch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all know what Domain Names are, we use and type them into our browsers every day. But here is a list of our top 5 interesting facts about Domain Names that you may not have heard about: 1)\u00a0The most expensive domain names ever sold have been as follows: Insurance.com $35.6 million (purchased in 2010) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":68,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[26],"tags":[23,21,22,19,24,25,20],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We all know what Domain Names are, we use and type them into our browsers every day. But here is a list of our top 5 interesting facts about Domain Names.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/04\/5-interesting-domain-name-facts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"5 Interesting Domain Name Facts - My Hosting Bubble\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We all know what Domain Names are, we use and type them into our browsers every day. But here is a list of our top 5 interesting facts about Domain Names.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/04\/5-interesting-domain-name-facts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"My Hosting Bubble\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-12-04T11:54:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-06-09T11:51:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Domain-Names.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"426\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"David Taplin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"My Hosting Bubble\",\"description\":\"Blog\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/04\/5-interesting-domain-name-facts\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Domain-Names.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Domain-Names.png\",\"width\":640,\"height\":426,\"caption\":\"Domain Names\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/04\/5-interesting-domain-name-facts\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/04\/5-interesting-domain-name-facts\/\",\"name\":\"5 Interesting Domain Name Facts - My Hosting Bubble\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/04\/5-interesting-domain-name-facts\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-12-04T11:54:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-06-09T11:51:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/11bf5dc843d62588ba928e992cb83291\"},\"description\":\"We all know what Domain Names are, we use and type them into our browsers every day. But here is a list of our top 5 interesting facts about Domain Names.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/04\/5-interesting-domain-name-facts\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/04\/5-interesting-domain-name-facts\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/04\/5-interesting-domain-name-facts\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"5 Interesting Domain Name Facts\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/11bf5dc843d62588ba928e992cb83291\",\"name\":\"David Taplin\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/author\/david\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"description":"We all know what Domain Names are, we use and type them into our browsers every day. But here is a list of our top 5 interesting facts about Domain Names.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/04\/5-interesting-domain-name-facts\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"5 Interesting Domain Name Facts - My Hosting Bubble","og_description":"We all know what Domain Names are, we use and type them into our browsers every day. But here is a list of our top 5 interesting facts about Domain Names.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/04\/5-interesting-domain-name-facts\/","og_site_name":"My Hosting Bubble","article_published_time":"2015-12-04T11:54:17+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-06-09T11:51:03+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":426,"url":"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Domain-Names.png","path":"\/home\/site1074\/public_html\/live\/htdocs\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Domain-Names.png","size":"full","id":68,"alt":"Domain Names","pixels":272640,"type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"David Taplin","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/","name":"My Hosting Bubble","description":"Blog","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/04\/5-interesting-domain-name-facts\/#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-GB","url":"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Domain-Names.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Domain-Names.png","width":640,"height":426,"caption":"Domain Names"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/04\/5-interesting-domain-name-facts\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/04\/5-interesting-domain-name-facts\/","name":"5 Interesting Domain Name Facts - My Hosting Bubble","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/04\/5-interesting-domain-name-facts\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2015-12-04T11:54:17+00:00","dateModified":"2017-06-09T11:51:03+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/11bf5dc843d62588ba928e992cb83291"},"description":"We all know what Domain Names are, we use and type them into our browsers every day. But here is a list of our top 5 interesting facts about Domain Names.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/04\/5-interesting-domain-name-facts\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/04\/5-interesting-domain-name-facts\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/04\/5-interesting-domain-name-facts\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"5 Interesting Domain Name Facts"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/11bf5dc843d62588ba928e992cb83291","name":"David Taplin","url":"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/author\/david\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74,"href":"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions\/74"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}