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Blogging is not all about being the best writer on the web. Becoming successful at blogging is all to do with providing excellent content for your readers. Nowadays anyone can set up a blog site and start blogging. It takes a matter of hours to set up and such resources such as WordPress make things 100 times easier. Even though anyone can do it, it takes a lot of effort to be a great blogger.

First off you need to have a blog strategy. Pick a niche subject you are interested in and blog about your subject. While writing your niche it is important to you conduct blogger relations. This is where success will begin. Contact and maintain conversation with other bloggers. Leave comments on their blogs and in turn they will do the same for you. Bloggers provide link backs, this way there are links back to your blog from other blogs, and a great way of getting additional traffic.

Content is the key. Create content of value to your target audience. This way your readers will have a reason to return at a later time. This is one of the most important parts of blogging. Good return and relations with your readers is essential.

Don’t be afraid or put off blogging when others criticize your ideas and blogs. Use it as opportunity to get a conversion flowing. This will earn you respect in then the blogosphere. In many ways a criticism of your work can bring more attention to the discussion and increase readership, as well as being constructive.

Most of all promote your blog. No-one will find or read your blog if you don’t open doorways to it. When you have written articles you must start to promote them. Start chatting to other bloggers online and connect with them. When bloggers take note of your article, it tends to have a viral effect, increasing the amount of reader you will receive. So start producing quality content now and promote your blog.

• Use WordPress to make managing your blog easier

• Have a strategy

• Pick your niche

• Conduct blogger relations

• Leave comments for link backs

• Have good content

• Give readers a reason to return

• Use criticism constructively

• Open doorways

• Enjoy it!

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Most people do not readily realize how old the Internet actually is these days. The Domain Name Server, or DNS, was created in the year 1984, and by 1985; there were already several different top level domains that could be used, including .com, .org, .edu, .gov, .mil, .cctld.

The first .edu domain names to be registered were cmu.edu, purdue.edu, rice.edu and ucla.edu, all of which occurred in April of 1985. The first .gov domain name registered was css.gov in June 1985. The first .org domain name registered was mitre.org in the month of July 1985.

The first .com domain name was registered on March 15, 1985. The first domain name ever to be registered on the Internet was Symbolics.com. Although the website is not much to look at, it is still up and running even today, more than 20 years later.

This is a list of the first 100 domain names ever to be registered. Some are well-known names, and others are less well known, though they were important companies twenty years or so ago.

1985 – Only six domain names were registered this year, which should speak volumes about how popular or accessible the Internet actually was.

Symbolics.com, on March 15 1985.
BBN.com on April 24, 1985.
Think.com on May 24, 1985.
MCC.com on July 11, 1985.
DEC.com on September 30, 1985.
Northrop.com on November 7, 1985.

1986 – The year 1986 experienced a much larger growth in domain name registrations, with 54 of the first 100 domain names registered coming into existence this year.

Xerox.com on January 9, 1986.
SRI.com on January 17, 1986.
HP.com on March 3, 1986.
BellCore.com on March 5, 1986.
IBM.com on March 19, 1986.
SUN.com on March 19, 1986.
Intel.com on March 25, 1986.
TI.com on March 25, 1986.
ATT.com on April 25, 1986.
GMR.com on May 8, 1986.
TEK.com on May 8, 1986.
FMC.com on July 10, 1986.
UB.com on July 10, 1986.
Bell-ATL.com on August 5, 1986.
GE.com on August 5, 1986.
Grebyn.com on August 5, 1986.
ISC.com on August 5, 1986.
NSC.com on August 5, 1986.
Stargate.com on August 5, 1986.
Boeing.com on September 2, 1986.
Itcorp.com on September 18, 1986.
Siemens.com on September 29, 1986.
Pyramid.com on October 18, 1986.
AlphaCDC.com on October 27, 1986.
BDM.com on October 27, 1986.
Fluke.com on October 27, 1986.
Inmet.com on October 27, 1986.
Kesmai.com on October 27, 1986.
Mentor.com on October 27, 1986.
NEC.com on October 27, 1986.
RAY.com on October 27, 1986.
Rosemount.com on October 27, 1986.
Vortex.com on October 27, 1986.
Alcoa.com on November 5, 1986.
GTE.com on November 5, 1986.
Adobe.com on November 17, 1986.
AMD.com on November 17, 1986.
DAS.com on November 17, 1986.
DATA-IO.com on November 17, 1986.
Octopus.com on November 17, 1986.
Portal.com on November 17, 1986.
Teltone.com on November 17, 1986.
3com.com on December 11, 1986.
AMDalh.com on December 11, 1986.
CCUR.com on December 11, 1986.
CI.com on December 11, 1986.
Convergent.com on December 11, 1986.
DG.com on December 11, 1986.
Peregrine.com on December 11, 1986.
Quad.com on December 11, 1986.
SQ.com on December 11, 1986.
Tandy.com on December 11, 1986.
TTI.com on December 11, 1986.
Unisys.com on December 11, 1986.

1987 – This was another year that saw a significant increase in domain name registrations, making up the last 40 domain name registrations in our top 100.

CGI.com on January 19, 1987.
CTS.com on January 19, 1987.
SPDCC.com on January 19, 1987.
Apple.com on February 19, 1987.
NMA.com on March 4, 1987.
Prime.com on March 4, 1987.
Philips.com on April 4, 1987.
Datacube.com on April 23, 1987.
KAI.com on April 23, 1987.
TIC.com on April 23, 1987.
Vine.com on April 23, 1987.
NCR.com on April 30, 1987.
CISCO.com on May 14, 1987.
RDL.com on May 14, 1987.
SLB.com on May 20, 1987.
ParcPlace.com on May 27, 1987.
UTC.com on May 27, 1987.
IDE.com on June 26, 1987.
TRW.com on July 9, 1987.
UniPress.com on July 13, 1987.
Dupont.com on July 27, 1987.
Lockheed.com on July 27, 1987.
Rosetta.com on July 28, 1987.
Toad.com on August 18, 1987.
Quick.com on August 31, 1987.
Allied.com on September 3, 1987.
DSC.com on September 3, 1987.
SCO.com on September 3, 1987.
Gene.com on September 22, 1987.
KCCS.com on September 22, 1987.
Spectra.com on September 22, 1987.
WLK.com on September 22, 1987.
Mentat.com on September 30, 1987.
WYSE.com on October 14, 1987.
CFG on November 2, 1987.
Marble.com on November 9, 1987.
Cayman.com on November 16, 1987.
Entity.com on November 16, 1987.
KSR.com on November 24, 1987.
NYNEXST.com on November 30, 1987.

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