{"id":10476,"date":"2012-05-02T10:00:05","date_gmt":"2012-05-02T17:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/?p=10476"},"modified":"2012-05-02T15:01:27","modified_gmt":"2012-05-02T22:01:27","slug":"the-gopher-protocol-on-the-internet-was-once-more-popular-than-the-web-until-they-decided-to-charge-licensing-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2012\/05\/the-gopher-protocol-on-the-internet-was-once-more-popular-than-the-web-until-they-decided-to-charge-licensing-fees\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gopher Protocol on the Internet was Once More Popular Than the Web&#8230; Until the Creators Decided to Charge Licensing Fees"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pf-content\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/internet-facts.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10527\" title=\"internet-facts\" src=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/internet-facts.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"559\" height=\"867\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/internet-facts.jpg 559w, http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/internet-facts-340x527.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 559px) 100vw, 559px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the early days of the World Wide Web, one of the most popular alternatives to the Web (and indeed more popular for a time), Gopher, looked like it was destined to dominate the Internet.\u00a0 Then the University of Minnesota announced in 1993 that they would no longer let people use their Gopher server implementation for free.\u00a0 Instead, licensing fees would be charged.\u00a0 This, combined with people being concerned that licensing fees for custom server implementations would also begin being levied effectively killed the once rapid spread of Gopher, with the World Wide Web then quickly dominating the Internet.<\/p>\n<p>There are still Gopher servers online today (160), which is actually up from five years ago when there were only 100.\u00a0 In its heyday, the Gopher protocol was noted for being much faster and more efficient than the World Wide Web.\u00a0 It was also much easier to setup a Gopher server and it used less system resources than Web servers.\u00a0 It was and is also relatively easy to make Gopher clients or to add Gopher support to clients (even to modern browsers).\u00a0 No wonder it was more popular.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Internet Facts\" href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2010\/05\/the-first-website-ever-made\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the early days of the World Wide Web, one of the most popular alternatives to the Web (and indeed more popular for a time), Gopher, looked like it was destined to dominate the Internet.\u00a0 Then the University of Minnesota announced in 1993 that they would no longer let people use their Gopher server implementation for free.\u00a0 Instead, licensing fees 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