How They Look When They First Started. [20 Popular Websites]



A look back at the humble beginnings of some of the internets biggest websites. This post was originally posted by the Telegraph and we feel it fits as a sturn reminder to all those companies and individuals who wait and wait and wait in launching their website while messing over the little details. We say – ‘Just launch it!’, as as we can see from the following screenshots you have to start somewhere.




1. Google.com –  launched in 1996



2. Facebook.com –  launched in 2004

3. Myspace.com –  launched in 2003



4. Yahoo.com – launched in 1994



5. Youtube.com –  launched in 2005



6. Wikipedia.org – launched in 2001



7. MSN.com – launched in 1995



8. Apple.com – launched in 1987 (screenshot from 1996)


9. Drudgereport.com – launched in 1997



10. Amazon.com – launched in 1995



11. Twitter.com – launched in 2006



12. Whitehouse.gov – launched in 1994



13. Craigslist.org – launched in 1995



14. Nytimes.com – launched in 1995



15. News.bbc.co.uk – launched in 1997



16. Dell.com – launched in 1996



17. Friendsreunited.com – launched in 2000



18. Telegraph.co.uk – launched in 1994



19. Blogger.com – launched in 1999



20. Flickr.com – launched in 2004



It’s always fun to look at the Internet Time Machine (now called the Internet Archive, or Wayback Machine).

Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library offering free universal access to books, movies & music, as well as 150 billion archived web pages.

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