Today's most popular websites before they were famous

 

 

All websites start off small and unknown and some of today's big internet companies once had the most basic websites.

Google

Online since September 15, 1997, Google has become one of the most-visited websites in the world. Before Google became a household word, it began as simple way to conduct a better search. To see what Google looked like on November 11, 1998 - a little over a year after it began, click HERE.

To see what the search page looked like click HERE.

You Tube
It's hard for me to imagine a world without You Tube, but the world's biggest supplier of stupid home videos has only been around since February 15, 2005. A couple hundred million videos ago, You Tube looked like THIS. This snapshot of You Tube is from April 28, 2005 (about two months after You Tube came online).

eBay
Online since August 4, 1995, eBay is one of the most-visited sites on the planet. Click HERE to view a snapshot of eBay from June 14, 1997.

To view eBay's main page from that era click HERE.

AOL
Back in the day, AOL was king of the internet mountain. At its peak, with 30 million subscribers hearing "You've Got Mail", AOL seemed poised to take over the world. How times have changed. If you were one of the early subscribers, you would have been greeted with THIS PAGE from December 20, 1996.

 

Wikipedia
The ultimate encyclopedia to some. The ultimate source of errors to others. Wikipedia has grown exponentially since its online debut on January 13, 2001. Click HERE to see what Wikipedia looked like a few months after it started.

 

 

Digg
In 1998 had you typed www.digg.com into your browser you would have gotten what appears to be a record store (which you can see HERE).

Digg as we know it today began in December 2004 with a page looking like THIS.

A year later Digg looked like THIS.

 

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