why around the year 2000 we had to put “www.” before each website and now we no longer need to.

Question

I am born in 1999, I remember having to write “www.” before my website in the address bar otherwise it would not work. Later in elementary school it no longer needed to be done to access the website. What happened?

In: Technology

Answer 1

For many sites, the www still works, but it is basically redundant. If every site needs it, then no site needs it.