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How did websites look 18 years ago?

Published on Friday, November 8th 2019 by Aaron Whiffin

Webbed Feet celebrated its 18th birthday this year, with the directors Aaron and Alex each having over 20 years of experience creating websites.

So, for a bit of fun, we’ve taken a look back in time and grabbed a few screenshots of websites from household names, mostly from 2001, the year that we were established.

To put this into context, when we started creating websites social media wasn’t a thing. Most people connected to the Internet using 56Kbps modems, including us. Google was in its infancy and people used search engines such as the now-defunct AltaVista. Netscape Navigator was one of the main browsers. eBay had competition from QXL as an auction website. Most people used Windows 95 as their operating system. And Aaron and Alex had hair!

Anyway, here are some older websites including our own – enjoy.

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  1. Amazon - 2001
  2. The University of Bath (where Aaron learnt to design websites) – 2001
  3. BBC – 2001
  4. BMW – 2001
  5. BT – 2001
  6. eBay - 2001
  7. The Facebook (now known as Facebook) – 2005
  8. Google (that still looks similar) – 2001
  9. Nintendo – 2001
  10. Webbed Feet – 2002 (our 2001 site isn’t complete)
  11. Woolworths – 2001

 

Amazon 2001
Amazon
2001
Bath University 2001
The University of Bath
2001
BBC 2001
BBC
2001
BMW 2001
BMW
2001
BT 2001
BT
2001
eBay 2001
eBay
2001
Facebook 2005
The Facebook
2005
Google 2001
Google
2001
Nintendo 2001
Nintendo
2001
Webbed Feet 2002
Webbed Feet
2002
Woolworths 2001
Woolworths
2001

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