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Why is “www.” required in front of some domains but not for other domains?

In today’s internet landscape, “www.” isn’t actually required for most domains. Historically, it signified the “World Wide Web” subdomain, where web content resided on a server. However, over time, it became more of a convention than a necessity. Here’s the … Continue reading

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What is the first website to be created, and who created it?

That is an interesting question! The first website to be created was info.cern.ch, created by Tim Berners-Lee in 1991. Berners-Lee was a British computer scientist who was working at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, at the time. He … Continue reading

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Why use “WWW” for your website?

You have 2 options for the url display of your website – with the “www” in the beginning, or without the “www”, otherwise known as a “naked domain”.  That terminology itself might persuade you to lean towards the “www” version for your website, and … Continue reading

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