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Server.com

Server.com is a domain name that was owned by software as a service (SaaS) company Server Corporation. They offered a suite of services from 1996 until 2007. It was the first SaaS site to offer a variety of services and the first to use the term WebApp to describe its services. It was selected as an Incredibly Useful Site by Yahoo! Internet Life magazine. net magazine listed Server.com among the 100 most influential websites of all time.

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Server.com
Server.com logo
Type of site
SaaS
Dissolved2007
SuccessorYourWebApps.com
HeadquartersBoston, MA, USA
FounderSean Brunnock
URLserver.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 1999-04-27)
LaunchedSeptember 1996
Current statusDefunct
Written inPerl

Server.com is a domain name that was owned by software as a service (SaaS) company Server Corporation. They offered a suite of services from 1996 until 2007.1 It was the first SaaS site to offer a variety of services and the first to use the term WebApp to describe its services.2 It was selected as an Incredibly Useful Site by Yahoo! Internet Life magazine.3 net magazine listed Server.com among the 100 most influential websites of all time.4

Server.com launched in 19965 offering the first online personal information manager.6

In 1997, they rolled out the first threaded message board service; the first web based mailing list manager; one of the first online calendar services; and one of the first online form builders.7

In 2000, Server.com partnered with NBCi and became server.snap.com until 2001.8

In 2001, Server.com was serving 100 million monthly pageviews. Media Life declared it one of the 20 biggest ad domains on the Web.9

In 2002, Server.com developed one of the first web-based RSS aggregators.1011

In 2007, all services were moved to YourWebApps.com.12

The domain name Server.com was sold in 2009 for $770,000.13

References

References

  1. Gibbs, Mark (21 September 2005). "Server.com offering six ASP services for newsletter management". Network World. USA: IDG. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  2. Roeder, Linda. "Server.Com - WebApps For All Occasions". about.com. New York Times. Archived from the original on 1 November 2005.
  3. "Incredibly Useful Site". Vol. 3, no. 5. ZDNet. May 1997. Archived from the original on 29 April 1999. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  4. Marshall, Gary (August 2002). "100 Sites That Changed the Web". No. 100. .net.
  5. "Server.com". server.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 1996. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  6. Brunnock, Sean (Oct 16, 1996). "SOFTWARE: Personal Information Manager". comp.infosystems.www.announce (Mailing list). Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  7. "WebApps". Archived from the original on 2 February 1998. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  8. "server.snap.com". server.snap.com. Archived from the original on 29 February 2000. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  9. Beard, Marty (24 September 2001). "Server.com's rise as an ad domain". Media Life. Archived from the original on 9 November 2001. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  10. "NewsApp". Server.com. Archived from the original on 17 October 2002. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  11. Biersdorfer, J.d. (31 March 2005). "Monitor Web Sites Without Visiting". New York Times. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  12. "YourWebApps.com". YourWebApps.com. Archived from the original on 13 December 2007. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  13. "Server.com Sold For A Solid $770,000". TechCrunch. 3 August 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
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