Myhomepage

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Myhomepage
Myhomepage.com beta logo.jpg
Type of site
 AJAX
OwnerParagon Internet Group (Subsidiaries) [1]
URL Myhomepage.com
RegistrationPrivate
Launched2009
Current statusInactive

Myhomepage.com was founded in 2009 becoming a patented personalised homepage service with synchronised bookmarking [2] and password manager software. [3]

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Background

The URL was initially listed for $250,000 by Buydomains.com but later sold for $50,000 by Tucows. [4] In 2010 myhomepage.com became a Microsoft Certified Partner built on a .Net SQL CLR [5] development platform with an html AJAX front end system a .NET Framework due to its collaboration with Axosoft. [6] The company subsequently raised $1.2 million through German Startups Group Berlin AG. [7] Myhomepage Ltd. was incorporated at Companies House in 2009 by its two founding entrepreneurs Max Aengevelt and Massimo 'Max' Agostinelli. [8] In 2010 both Aengevelt and Agostinelli were interviewed in Tavria-V by OK TV. [9]

Tucows Inc.

In 2009 the leading news site covering the domain name industry 'Domain Name Wire' reported that one of Tucows' subsidiaries, "BuyDomains has sold the domain name Myhomepage.com for $50,000. - "The buyer appears to be in Germany and the page currently resolves to WhyPark’s name servers". - "This will be one to watch, as the buyer clearly has plans for it". wrote Andrew Allemann. [10] According to the 'DN Journal Top 20' the domain name was ranked #3 by Godaddy's AfternicsDSL. [11] [12] The Uniform Resource Locator (URL) myhomepage.com [13] is ranked among the index of Top-level domain (TLD) globally. [14] Myhomepage had trust seals certificates from Verisign, McAfee and TrustE linked to the domain name registrar including Yourhomepage.com in line with the Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC). [15] [16]

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References

  1. ↑ Myhomepage.com wolframalpha.com
  2. ↑ "MyHomepage: An Useful Bookmark and Password Manager". 26 May 2010.
  3. ↑ "[Interview] People will always judge you by your work : Max Aengevelt, Co-founder - myhomepage". 24 November 2010.
  4. ↑ Allemann, Andrew (20 May 2009). "MyHomePage.com Sells for $50,000". Domain Name Wire. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  5. ↑ "ISnare - Multithematic blog about current affairs". 11 November 2022.
  6. ↑ "Axosoft Support Home | Axosoft Documentation".
  7. ↑ Hollings, Roger (9 June 2010). "Store All Your Passwords Together". KillerStartups. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  8. ↑ "Friends Team Up to Take on Google". www.minttwist.com. Archived from the original on 28 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "The Regent - Issue 7 Summer 2011".
  10. ↑ "You searched for myhomepage". domainnamewire.com.
  11. ↑ Jackson, Ron (27 August 2012). "Year's Highest Non .Com Global TLD Sale Paces This Week's Domain Sales Pack". dnjournal.com. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  12. ↑ "MyIntranet.com – is it good or really good?". NamePros. 22 October 2009. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  13. ↑ "Whois Lookup Captcha". whois.domaintools.com. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  14. ↑ Cisco Distributed Administration Tool Guide cisco.com
  15. ↑ "Analytics".
  16. ↑ "DomainTools".
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