Purple.com

Purple.com
Screenshot of the purple background on Purple.com.
Owner Purple
Alexa rank Increase 23,755 (Global, September 2018)
Steady 4,528 (US, September 2018)
Launched August 31, 1994 (1994-08-31)[1]
Current status Offline; Purple Comfort now owns Purple.com[2]

Purple.com, commonly referred to as "Purple", was a single-page website created in 1994. It consisted of no links or text and its only content was a purple background.[3] The site is notable as being the oldest known single-serving site.[4] As of November 2017 purple.com no longer displays its older content of a plain purple background, but now serves as a website for Purple Mattress.

Content

The most noticeable feature of the site was the main page with a purple-colored background. The site later added subpages, including FAQs,[5] a notification about abuse and spam,[6] a guideline about linking the site,[7] and guidelines on availability.[8]

History

According to the creator, software engineer Jeff Abrahamson, the site originated from the difficult process of accessing and surfing the internet in its early days, similar to most early single-serving sites.[9]

The site was launched on 31 August 1994.[1] From its launch to late 2006 the background colour was #DD00FF, resulting in numerous complaints that it was not actually purple.[10] It was changed to #7D26CD on 6 November 2006 based on recommendations.[11]

In November 2017, the domain name was sold to Purple, Inc.[12]

Impact

Some sites have been created as parodies of the site.[3] Some of the most well known, both created in 2007 are SometimesRedSometimesBlue.com, created by Damon Zucconi which alternates between a red and blue background[13] and LetsTurnThisFuckingWebsiteYellow.com, a site which consists of a yellow background created by Charles Broskoski.[14] Randomcolour.com and notpurple.com are websites that generate a different background colour (chosen at random) when visited.[15]

In January 2018, the theoldpurple.com was created as an homage to and replacement for the original, single-page Purple website.

References

  1. 1 2 "An old whois record about purple". WHOIS. WHOIS. 31 August 1994. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
  2. ↑ "Purple Mattress Upgrades to Purple.com". DomainInvesting.com. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
  3. 1 2 Johnson, Paddy (12 May 2014). "Addictive Single-Serving Websites by 7 Artists". News.artnet.com. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  4. ↑ Arias, Ryan (1 November 2011). "Five Things you need to know about". The Tartan. Radford University. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
  5. ↑ "Single Serving Sites". kottke.org. Kottke.org. 8 February 2008. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
  6. ↑ Abuse Purple.com Retrieved 2014-12-02
  7. ↑ Purple Affinity Purple.com Retrieved 2014-12-02
  8. ↑ Purple.com Availability Guidelines Purple.com Retrieved 2014-12-02
  9. ↑ K., Eric (24 May 2011). "Purple Reviews". Sitejabber.com. GGL Projects, Inc. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
  10. ↑ Abrahamson, Jeff (2008). "Purple.com Frequently Asked Questions". Purple.com. Network Solutions. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
  11. ↑ "Purple.com Frequently Asked Questions". Simplebits.com. SimpleBits LLC. 21 March 2008. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
  12. ↑ Silver, Elliot (2017). "Purple.com Domain Sold". Purple.com. Domain Investing. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
  13. ↑ "sometimesredsometimesblue.com". w3snoop.com. W3 Snoop. 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
  14. ↑ Broskoski, Charles (13 September 2010). "xhibition and interview: WHITE, YELLOW, BLUE, AND BLACK, ONE COINCIDENCE, AND ONE OBJECT". permalink.gmane.org. Gmane. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  15. ↑ Nutzlos, Völlig (25 November 2012). "Das sind die sinnlosesten Websites der Welt" [These are the most useless websites in the world]. Kronen Zeitung (in German). Vienna. Retrieved 2014-12-02.

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