When was mctaba.com built?
Analyzed 4 November 2026. Re-analyze
Estimated launch
November 2006
There's good evidence for the year, but the exact month is less certain.
BuiltWhen verified that mctaba.com launched in November 2006 (51% confidence), with domain registration recorded in August 2025.
- The current domain registration is newer than the first evidence of the website, so the domain was probably re-registered or changed hands. The registration date is not used as a lower bound.
- Website age
- ~20 years
- From estimated launch
- Domain registered
- August 2025
- Not the launch date
- First evidence
- November 2006
- 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
May–November 2006
Between October 2007 and March 2026
August 2025
Domain re-registered
The current registration started after the website was already online — the domain likely lapsed or changed hands.
Confirmed
After October 2026
Changed since the last archived copy
The page layout changed a lot. Homepage title changed.
Not certainLast archived copy
November 2026
Current website
“Mctaba Labs | Software & AI Development Studio and Tech Training, Nairobi”, built with Next.js
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Detected on the live homepage — it runs on Next.js. Select a technology to see the evidence.
- Hosting / CDN
Vercel, 100% confidence. Show evidence.
- Server header is Vercel
- x-vercel-id response header
- 100% detection confidence
- Marketing
Meta Pixelsince 2026, 100% confidence. Show evidence.
- Loads fbevents.js
- fbq('init') call
- 100% detection confidence
- Framework
Next.jssince 2026, 100% confidence. Show evidence.
- Loads bundles from /_next/static/
- X-Powered-By header names Next.js
- 100% detection confidence
- Tag manager
Google Tag Managersince 2026, 90% confidence. Show evidence.
- GTM container script / ID
- 90% detection confidence
- JavaScript library
Reactsince 2026, 90% confidence. Show evidence.
- Implied by Next.js
- 90% 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 20065 pieces of evidence, each linked to its source
- First archived copy of the website: November 2006.
November 2006
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
August 2025
Domain registered
The domain's current registration began on this date. A website can only launch after this, but often launches much later.
Disagrees, so not usedRDAP registry dataView source
March 2026
Google Tag Manager first seen
Google Tag Manager appears in archived copies of the site from this date.
Background onlyInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)
May 2026
Oldest page date in the sitemap
The oldest "last modified" date among 1889 sitemap entries.
Too recent to date the launchXML sitemapView source
October 2026
Meta Pixel first seen
Meta Pixel 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
14 months of archived homepage copies; 8 compared in detail. BuiltWhen estimates from observable evidence and can be wrong. How estimates work
Domain registrationRegistered August 2025 · NameCheap, Inc.
- Registered
- 10 August 2025
- Registration expires
- 10 August 2028
- Registry record updated
- 8 May 2026
- Registrar
- NameCheap, Inc.
- Nameservers
- dns1.registrar-servers.com, dns2.registrar-servers.com
Public registry data via RDAP. Registrant details are never collected.