How 20 Popular Websites Looked When They Launched

Remember the days when the word Google was not interchangeable with internet? Or when every site seemed to have a Netscape icon on it? Or when Flash was still something you cleaned your floor with? Then you were clearly using the web in the mid to late 1990s when pages were rudimentary affairs containing lists of links and information.

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: