When was mattmathews.com built?
Analyzed 2 November 2026. Re-analyze
Estimated launch
April 2004
There's good evidence for the year, but the exact month is less certain.
BuiltWhen verified that mattmathews.com launched in April 2004 (65% confidence), despite the domain being registered in September 2000, resolving a 4-year domain parking gap where the domain was held before web content was deployed.
- Website age
- ~22.5 years
- From estimated launch
- Domain registered
- September 2000
- Not the launch date
- First evidence
- April 2004
- Internet Archive (Wayback Machine)
- Current version
- No clear redesign
- A possible change is in the timeline
History at a glance
The domain and the website have separate lives. Website age is measured from the launch, not from registration.
Timeline
September 2000
Domain registered
The domain was registered. This is not the same as the website launching.
Confirmed
October 2003 – April 2004
Between January 2011 and January 2014
Between July and November 2025
Between April and May 2026
November 2026
Built with today
Detected on the live homepage. Select a technology to see the evidence.
- Analytics
Google Analyticssince 2021, 95% confidence. Show evidence.
- gtag.js with a GA measurement ID
- 95% detection confidence
- CSS framework
Tailwind CSS, 65% confidence. Show evidence.
- Many responsive utility classes (e.g. md:flex, lg:px-8)
- 65% detection confidence
Why we think it launched in 20045 pieces of evidence, each linked to its source
- First archived copy of the website: April 2004.
- Domain registered: September 2000 (43 months earlier).
September 2000
Domain registered
The domain's current registration began on this date. A website can only launch after this, but often launches much later.
Sets the earliest possible dateRDAP registry dataView source
April 2004
First archived copy of the website
The earliest successful snapshot of the homepage showing real website content in the Internet Archive.
The estimate is based on thisInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)View source
January 2014
jQuery first seen
jQuery appears in archived copies of the site from this date.
Background onlyInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)
September 2021
Meta Pixel first seen
Meta Pixel appears in archived copies of the site from this date.
Background onlyInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)
November 2025
React first seen
React appears in archived copies of the site from this date.
Background onlyInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)
What we checked
- Domain registry (RDAP)Checked
- Internet Archive indexChecked
- Live websiteChecked
- Archived page comparisonChecked
38 months of archived homepage copies; 14 compared in detail (sampling was cut short). BuiltWhen estimates from observable evidence and can be wrong. How estimates work
Domain registrationRegistered September 2000 · GoDaddy.com, LLC
- Registered
- 30 September 2000
- Registration expires
- 30 September 2027
- Registry record updated
- 1 October 2026
- Registrar
- GoDaddy.com, LLC
- Nameservers
- ns-1067.awsdns-05.org, ns-116.awsdns-14.com, ns-1943.awsdns-50.co.uk, ns-805.awsdns-36.net
Public registry data via RDAP. Registrant details are never collected.