Here Are Images Of 25 Famous Websites In The Past And At Present

2019 has been the year to mark the increasing development of the World Wide Web and websites from 1989 to now. Introduced by Tim Berners-Lee, the World Wide Web, also known as WWW, worked as a playground for scientists to offer and share everything concerning their experiments.

However, time goes by, how humans use the Internet nowadays is extremely different from that in the past. Of course, websites have changed a lot with the more modern interface and they have also focused much more on convenience. Let’s take a quick look at some initial versions of the globally famous websites, including Google, BuzzFeed, and Facebook.

1. Instagram

Instagram in 2011

Instagram in 2019 has got more and more modern and attractive to all of its users.

2. Uber

Uber in 2010

Uber in 2019

3. Amazon

Amazon was first introduced in 1995.

Now, it has become one of the most prominent websites in the world.

4. Business Insider (Silicon Alley Insider)

Silicon Alley Insider (2008) was at the early days before it changed into a new name: Business Insider.

Business Insider in 2019.

5. Facebook

Facebook first came to the public in 2004.

Among the hottest websites nowadays, Facebook is an indispensable part of our daily life.

6. Flickr

Flickr in 2004

And it is in 2019.

7. The New York Times

Here is the first version of the New York Times in 1996.

The modern version is clearly much more eye-catching!!!

8. Yahoo

Here is what Yahoo looked like in 1994.

Yahoo in 2019

9. Twitter

Twitter in 2006

Twitter in 2019 is also Elon Musk's favourite platform!

10. YouTube

YouTube in 2005 was known for its simplicity.

The video sharing website has changed a lot compared to itself in the early days.

11. MySpace

MySpace in 2003

And it is in 2019.

12. The Huffington Post

The first image of the Huffington Post website in May 2005.

And here's what it looks like now.

13. LinkedIn

In 2003.

And in 2019.

14. Foursquare:

In 2009

In 2019

15. Yelp

In 2004.

In 2019.

16. eBay

eBay in 1995. Nothing special!

In 2019, it belongs to the list of most popular websites on the Internet.

17. Whitehouse.gov

Similar to eBay, Whitehouse.gov in the past (1996) was not really prominent.

Of course, its current appearance is another story!

18. AOL

Here's the version 2.0 of AOL in 1994

In 2019.

19. Tumblr

In 2007

In 2019

20. Google

The interface of Google in 1998 focused on the simplicity and convenience.

The modern version of 2019.

21. Buzzfeed

In 2006

In 2019.

22. Pinterest

In 2010

In 2019

23. Reddit

In 2005

In 2019

24. Weather.com

In 1996

In 2019

25. Wikipedia

In 2001

In 2019.