The internet entered the general public use in 1993, making it just over 30 years old.
It’s crazy to think about how young that is, yet so critical to our day to day lives.
Here are a smattering of internet firsts, from the very beginning of Amazon to YouTube’s first video.
The first picture uploaded to the web
The first picture ever uploaded on the web was posted by Tim Burners Lee (inventor of the World Wide Web) on behalf of a comedy band called Les Horrible Cernettes.
The first banner ad
Joe McCambley ran the first banner ad ever online. It went live in October 1994 on HotWired.com and it promoted 7 art museums, sponsored by AT&T.
The first email ever sent
In July of 1971, Ray Tomlinson sent the first email to the computer next to his, which read, “QWERTYIOP”. This was, of course, a rudimentary version of the Internet, part of the United States Defense Department.
The first domain never ever purchased
Symbolics Inc. registered the first domain name, Symbolics.com, way back on March 15, 1985. It was an early version of the internet, associated with MIT.
The first book purchased on Amazon
The first book purchased on Amazon was Douglas Hofstadter’s Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies: Computer Models of the Fundamental Mechanisms of Thought in 1995.
The first Youtube video
The first YouTube video posted was posted by co-founder Jawed Karim at the San Diego Zoo. It was uploaded on April 23, 2005 and has been watched nearly 310 million times.
The first tweet
The first tweet was written by co-founder Jack Dorsey on March 21, 2006.
The first item ever sold on eBay
A broken laser pointer was the first item sold on eBay, at that time called AuctionWeb. It sold in 1995 for $14.83.
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