Top Five Sites: Then and Now
It’s very interesting to see what the web was like then and now. Big sites like FaceBook.com and others have been owned by other companies and have looked very different.
Check out a list of the top five web sites on the Internet (as rated by Alexa.)
1. Yahoo
Yahoo went through many changes throughout the years.
October 17, 1996  |
Feb 10, 1998  |
Jan 22, 2003  |
2. Google
Google didn’t really change too much throughout its life thus far. This may be a reason people love Google so much, beside the obvious reasons of course.
Nov 11, 1998  Strange! The first link was to “google.stanford.edu” and the second to “alpha.google.com”. |
Dec 02, 1998  |
Jan 01, 2001  Only 1.3 Billion Pages? Wow  |
3. YouTube
YouTube has definitely stood the test of time. I wish I would have created a site as popular as this!
May 16, 2005  |
June 30, 2005  |
Nov 25, 2005  Nothing too special here. Just them touting about how big a 4GB IPod is! |
4. Windows Live (Live.com)
It looks like live.com wasn’t always owned by Microsoft. Check these out!
Feb 11, 1998  |
Jan 02, 2006  |
Jan 21, 2007  |
5. Facebook
It looks like the domain “Facebook.com” was originally owned by a company who created “software to manage your world” in 2003. Facebook was originally called “TheFaceBook” back in the day.
Jun 28, 2003  |
Aug 12, 2005  |
Oct 31, 2005  Facebook changes in to the site we all know and love. |
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