I don’t get it. These days you have to use things like GoDaddy.com to create a domain. What did they do before then?
ie. How did Google create their own domain? If they did, is it possible to still use the method Google did? Did the url already exist and they bought it off someone?
Thanks. XD
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In 1999, when I bought my first domain, it was still possible to get just about any domain name you wanted that didn’t step on anybody else’s; Google, which was incorporated in the fall of ’98, was the first to request the name, and they got it. (The major top-level domains were set up way back in 1985.)
Until 1995 or so, there was essentially one registrar: Network Solutions. After that, the doors were opened, and anyone who met the (fairly stiff) technical specs could register at least some domains. Hosts like GoDaddy have found that being able to offer both hosting and registration would boost their businesses.
Network Solutions had a monopoly on domain registration for a long time. Google most likely registered with them.