{"id":172,"date":"2007-04-08T14:02:06","date_gmt":"2007-04-08T04:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eisabainyo.net\/weblog\/2007\/04\/08\/the-internet-from-the-past-10-websites-10-years-ago\/"},"modified":"2007-04-08T14:43:23","modified_gmt":"2007-04-08T04:43:23","slug":"the-internet-from-the-past-10-websites-10-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eisabainyo.net\/weblog\/2007\/04\/08\/the-internet-from-the-past-10-websites-10-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"The Internet from the past – 10 websites 10 years ago"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ever wonder how the Internet looked like 10 years ago in 1997? Now thanks to The Wayback Machine<\/a> (otherwise known as Internet Archive), we can get a glimpse of the Internet from the past. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Yahoo!<\/td>\n\n

Yahoo!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Then (January 1997)<\/a> and Now<\/a><\/p>\n

Yahoo! to Go<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Slashdot<\/td>\n\n

Slashdot<\/strong><\/p>\n

Then (January 1998)<\/a> and Now<\/a><\/p>\n

No matter how cynical you get, it's impossible to keep up.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

AOL<\/td>\n\n

AOL<\/strong><\/p>\n

Then (April 1997)<\/a> and Now<\/a><\/p>\n

The best value on the Web!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Microsoft<\/td>\n\n

Microsoft<\/strong><\/p>\n

Then (October 1996)<\/a> and Now<\/a><\/p>\n

Best experienced with Free Microsoft Internet Explorer<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Apple<\/td>\n\n

Apple<\/strong><\/p>\n

Then (April 1997)<\/a> and Now<\/a><\/p>\n

Introducing CyberDrive<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Geocities<\/td>\n\n

Geocities<\/strong><\/p>\n

Then (April 1997)<\/a> and Now<\/a><\/p>\n

Today's cool homestead<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

MSN<\/td>\n\n

MSN<\/strong><\/p>\n

Then (October 1996)<\/a> and Now<\/a><\/p>\n

oh...and if you are new to the Internet...<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

eBay<\/td>\n\n

ebay<\/strong><\/p>\n

Then (June 1997)<\/a> and Now<\/a><\/p>\n

all free<\/strong> for buyers!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

HTML Goodies<\/td>\n\n

HTML Goodies <\/strong><\/p>\n

Then (May 1997)<\/a> and Now<\/a><\/p>\n

Handsome guy, huh?<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Dell<\/td>\n\n

Dell<\/strong><\/p>\n

Then (June 1997)<\/a> and Now<\/a><\/p>\n

Buy a Dell<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Note: The websites are in no particular order, other than the order they popped into my mind. The taglines are not actual taglines, but some funny lines on their homepage. <\/p>\n

[tags]internet, www, archive, websites, 1997, 2007, screenshots, wayback machine[\/tags]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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