Server.com
Saas company (1996 - 2007)
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Server.com was a software as a service (SaaS) provider that 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]
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Type of site | SaaS |
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| Dissolved | 2007 |
| Successor | YourWebApps.com |
| Headquarters | Boston, MA, USA |
| Founder | Sean Brunnock |
| URL | www.server.com |
| Launched | September 1996 |
| Current status | Defunct |
| Written in | Perl |
Server.com launched in 1996[5] 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.[10][11]
In 2007, all services were moved to YourWebApps.com.[12]
The domain name Server.com was sold in 2009 for $770,000.[13]