Have you ever wondered how your daily used/favorite websites such as Facebook, Google, Youtube, Wikipedia, and Flickr look like when they were first launched? Below are the screenshots of the most popular websites while they were still in their earliest incarnations. With comparison to their design today, they have definitely evolved greatly and will continue to improve. While, Google had recently rolled out a makeover for all of its products & services in an attempt to unify its products & services.
Thanks to the waybackmachine internet archive, we’re still able to see some of the Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 pioneers looked in their earliest forms.
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
