Dot.com to Dot.bomb

This is era is vaguely divided into five stages: An Innocent Beginning, Boom, Insanity, Bust, The Crawl Back to Sanity, and Bonus Stage.

The starting is in year 1992 with Prodigy, CompuServ, Genie, AOL, and Delphi. It started as humble service for academic exercises, hobbies and/or Obsession of few.  

In 1993, the beginning of internet took place. In which, Microsoft localization, spry Inc., and free range media were conceived along with World Wide Web and HTTP.

Then comes the beginning of the Web in 1994, during which Cole and Weber, DealerNet, Internet in the box, Robotic Arms, V3D and Coffee Pots, and Mosaic or Linx? immerged.

In 1995 the boom of the era begins. Couple of things that launched the ear was: WIRED and hotwired, MCI and Gramercy Press, Pathfinder Launched, Advertising Age magazine, RealAudio Launched, The NFL on the Web, and FreeZone Launched.

In 1996 the growth continued with CompuServ, Thomson Target Media, Baywatch, Nikkei, Super Bowl XXX (StarWave), Yahoo!, amazon.com, and USWeb.

In 1997, the ear reached the peek. It started to attract greed due to the hype of the industry. The industry starts seeing venture capitalists, public offerings, and AOL takes charge.

The calm before the storm hovers over the industry. In 1998 the insanity strikes when AOL buys CompuServ, InfoSpace goes public, and Burn Rate is written. It continues in 1999 with Yahoo acquires Broadcast.com for 5.7 Billion, Luminant Worldwide does an eight company simultaneous roll-up IPO, and The Internet Bubble is published.

The bust happens in years 2000 through 2003. The ear comes to the stand still and evitable end. A lot of companies close down due to the financial market taking a bad turn. The result of the bust left some strict rules for a company to enter public market. In year 2002 the stability stats showing up, the companies show sign of profitability and new big .com companies start establishing deep roots. By year 2005, the industry starts seeing more stability and brighter future.