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Updated “Evolution” of the iFroggy Network

August 12, 2005


Updating a previous entry previous entry

I’m going to update some things I said before (some thanks to the Wayback Machine).

iFroggy Network: The earliest entry (from May 10, 2000 makes reference to the “iFroggy Network”, so I was wrong. We were actually the iFroggy Network before Late 2000. But, I know we weren’t the iFroggy Network for very long before then … we were simply iFroggy.com. So, I am going to say that that came to be sometime in the Spring (March, April, May) of 2000.

iFroggy Hosting: Given that the earliest entry is May 30, 2003, we can knock off the Summer 2003 and say Spring 2003, more specifically.

iFroggy Domains: On September 1, 2003, it is still “in development”. But, on October 26, 2003, so we can safely say the site launched in September or October. I took a look at the first e-mails I have for people registering domains and they are in September, so we can now deduce that it launched in September, probably around the 20th. The one thing I can’t figure out is why iFroggy Domains was in my e-mail signature in April… but the fact that it only seems to have appeared in 3 e-mail signatures before September (all in April), leads me to believe it was some sort of mistake.

YanksBlog.com: May 5, 2005 (05/05/05).

QuickZip: It still has to be December 2000/January 2001 as that is why I invited him. I can’t explain why this August 16, 2000 capture has them as being in the network as that makes no sense at all. Possibly the WBM used a newer network bar in that capture? No idea.

WebDevBooks.com: April 23, 2005.

CommunityPromotion.com: July 7, 2005.

Canon Camera Shop: Out of the network due to issues with Canon.

DrGregHouse.com: June 21, 2005.

MicrosoftBlog.com: August 11, 2005.

So, in an approximate time line (earliest to latest), it’d be:

Fall 1998: iFroggy Design.
Spring 2000: iFroggy Network.
Late 2000/Early 2001: SportsForums.net.
December 2000/January 2001: QuickZip.
April 6, 2001: phpBBHacks.com.
May 21, 2001: KarateForums.com.
Spring 2003: iFroggy Hosting.
March 3, 2003: PhotoshopForums.com.
September 2003: iFroggy Domains.
January 1, 2004: WebDevReviews.com.
January 28, 2004: DeveloperCube.
April 4, 2004: MarianoRivera.com.
November 20, 2004: BuyBlenders.com.
December 15, 2004: MAWarehouse.com.
December 21, 2004: BuyCheeses.com.
April 23, 2005: WebDevBooks.com.
May 5, 2005: YanksBlog.com.
June 21, 2005: DrGregHouse.com.
July 7, 2005: CommunityPromotion.com.
August 11, 2005: MicrosoftBlog.com.

Hmm… so for the last 6 months, I have launched 1 site in each month (including the now removed Canon Camera Shop, which launched in March)? The cool thing is I haven’t rushed anything. These are nice sites I’ve been launching. Cool.

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One Response to “Updated “Evolution” of the iFroggy Network”

  1. Tanner says:

    Cool.

    Yesteryears phpbbhacks.com

    http://web.archive.org/web/…

    I like that site (the time one thingy).

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