How Top webpages of the world looked when they were first launched?

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Published: October 29, 2009Posted in: Computers, NewsTags: Ebay, Facebook, flickr, google, hotmail, msn, old, old interface, old webages, old websites, twitter, wikipedia, yahoo, youtube

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Google

This snapshot was taken on December 20, 1998.

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The fully functional old interface can be found on a link here.

Yahoo

This snapshot was taken on October 20, 1996.

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The fully functional old interface can be found on a link here.

Facebook

This snapshot was taken on August 6, 2005.

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The fully functional old interface can be found on a link here.

Hotmail

This snapshot was taken on December 10, 1997.

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The fully functional old interface can be found on a link here.

YouTube

This snapshot was taken on July 1, 2005.

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The fully functional old interface can be found on a link here.

MSN

This snapshot was taken on October 22, 1996.

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The fully functional old interface can be found on a link here.

Twitter

This snapshot was taken on October 6, 2006.

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The fully functional old interface can be found on a link here.

Wikipedia

This snapshot was taken on March 31, 2001.

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Flickr

This snapshot was taken on May 22, 2004.

ebay

This snapshot was taken on March 1, 2000.

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fully functional old interface can be found here.

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16 Comments

1. aliaero

   Posted October 30, 2009 at 6:10 PM

   OMG…..look at msn it looks so pathetic at that time.
2. Final

   Posted November 5, 2009 at 6:53 PM

   Flickr looked the best
3. Nouman

   Posted November 5, 2009 at 11:26 PM

   It looks pretty much the same even today.
4. jamescook

   Posted November 6, 2009 at 4:37 PM

   Hope even i had started such a company that early….techie
5. kovshenin

   Posted November 6, 2009 at 8:38 PM

   YouTube is okay, Google is sweet LOL, they really need to pick a day and switch to that old Stanford Google page for a while
6. TwistedSifter

   Posted November 13, 2009 at 7:08 AM

   Awesome post! Functionality > Fancy design any day

   Would love to see Craigslist's evolution through the years
7. factopo

   Posted November 17, 2009 at 4:41 PM

   I remember a lot of these websites from back then. Just google “factopo” and you'll see what I mean.
8. canadaprogrammers

   Posted November 18, 2009 at 7:30 AM

   Didn't you just take this from the internet way back machine?? Most of the images are missing, not really an accurate display.
9. TECHNTOSH

   Posted November 21, 2009 at 5:01 PM

   If they have not changed the facebook I am sure no one will be using it
10. Jimmy

    Posted December 15, 2009 at 8:36 PM

    Facebook was already extremely popular among U.S. colleges and universities by August of 2005. Quite frankly, most college students were disappointed that it was opened to the public at all.
11. Calgary web design

    Posted January 7, 2010 at 11:01 PM

    these are awesome love the old look
12. Radu Panciuc

    Posted April 26, 2010 at 7:42 PM

    Some of them haven't gone through drastic changes. Anyway, it's always good to take a look back in time
13. arczi

    Posted April 27, 2010 at 1:46 PM

    MSM site like SEO spam

    http://mototagz.com

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