When was thebiguglywebsite.com built?
Analyzed 31 October 2026. Re-analyze
Estimated launch
December 2005
There's good evidence for the year, but the exact month is less certain.
BuiltWhen verified that thebiguglywebsite.com launched in December 2005 (71% confidence), with domain registration recorded in December 2004.
- Website age
- ~21 years
- From estimated launch
- Domain registered
- December 2004
- Not the launch date
- First evidence
- December 2005
- Internet Archive (Wayback Machine)
- Current version
- No major change detected
History at a glance
The domain and the website have separate lives. Website age is measured from the launch, not from registration.
Timeline
December 2004
Domain registered
The domain was registered. This is not the same as the website launching.
Confirmed
June–December 2005
October 2026
Built with today
Detected on the live homepage. Select a technology to see the evidence.
- Web server
Apache, 90% confidence. Show evidence.
- Server header is Apache
- 90% detection confidence
Why we think it launched in 20053 pieces of evidence, each linked to its source
- First archived copy of the website: December 2005.
- Domain registered: December 2004 (12 months earlier).
December 2004
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
December 2005
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
May 2017
Homepage Last-Modified header
When the server says the current homepage file last changed.
Background onlyHTTP headersView source
What we checked
- Domain registry (RDAP)Checked
- Internet Archive indexChecked
- Live websiteChecked
- Archived page comparisonChecked
113 months of archived homepage copies; 5 compared in detail. BuiltWhen estimates from observable evidence and can be wrong. How estimates work
Domain registrationRegistered December 2004 · Wild West Domains, LLC
- Registered
- 25 December 2004
- Registration expires
- 25 December 2030
- Registry record updated
- 10 October 2022
- Registrar
- Wild West Domains, LLC
- Nameservers
- ns1.bluehost.com, ns2.bluehost.com
Public registry data via RDAP. Registrant details are never collected.