A Flashback of 9 Big Websites

Ever wondered what some of the biggest websites in the world looked like in the past? Well no need to wonder anymore as we are going to show you how 9 of the biggest websites looked in the past!

Google
This is how google looked in 1998 in the past 11 years not much has changed, still simple and plain. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it!
google1998

BBC
This is how the BBC looked in 1997, a very hard to read homepage with not much info.
bbc1997

Mozilla
This is how the Mozzila website looked in 1998, for some reason I really like the header!
mozilla1998

Yahoo
This is how Yahoo looked in 1996, I am pretty sure the text would of been centered.
yahoo1996

Microsoft
This is how the Microsoft website looked like in 1996, sorry about all the images being unavailable!
microsoft1996

McDonalds
Ok so McDonalds isn’t a big website but it is interesteing to see what their website looked like 1996.
mcdonalds1996

eBay
This is how eBay looked in 1998, again sorry about the lack of images!
ebay1998

IMDB
The Internet movie database, if a film was made it will more than likely be in here with a rating and this is how the site looked in 1996. Again sorry for images not being available.
imdb1996

Youtube
This is how youtube looked in 2005, a shadow of what is now only 4 years on.
youtube2005

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4 Comments to “A Flashback of 9 Big Websites”

#1 Posted by Creative Drive (07.04.09 at 14:34 )

wow, crazy how much styles change. Even Youtube, only 4 years ago and its changed drastically. Very nice post.

#2 Posted by Samuel Garneau (07.04.09 at 23:12 )

Wow… YouTube design was really really ugly and it was only 4 years ago.

#3 Posted by emedia (25.04.09 at 20:35 )

i think google is the only site that still retains some of its original style

#4 Posted by anon (08.02.10 at 08:15 )

Youtube was designed by amatures thats why