Recently, Electronic Products gave you a look into the past with an introductory manual of the Internet from 1995. Now we can take a look back even further. Here are some images of 12 well-known websites from the past. You can see how they looked years ago and compare them to how they look now.
Get ready for some nostalgia.
1. ElectronicProducts.com
Of course, we had to take a look at our own website first.
1997
2014
2. Google.com
The famous search engine didn't look too different back then.
1998
2014
3. MIT.edu
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology website has come far since 1997.
1997
2014
4. TI.com
The component manufacturer, Texas Instruments , included images on its website in 1996, but the company still made some decent improvements in present day.
1996
2014
5. Microsoft.com
In this snapshot from 1996, Microsoft 's website raved about upcoming features of Microsoft Publisher '97.
1996
2014
6. CNN.com
News source CNN discussed politics under President Bill Clinton's reign in 2000 on its website.
2000
2014
7. YouTube.com
The video network had a simple homepage in 2005.
2005
2014
8. eBay.com
1999
2014
9. EEM.com
Electronic Products' online resource of electronics components for engineers and purchasing professionals had a busier website look 15 years ago than it does today.
1999
2014
10. Craigslist.org
The local classifieds website from 16 years ago.
1998
2014
11. Amazon.com
Amazon looked different just eight years ago.
2006
2014
12. Wikipedia.org
The collaborated encyclopedia has come a long way since its debut in 2001. The homepage described the concept behind Wikipedia. It had over 3,000 pages at the time of this website snapshot. Today, as you can see in the current-day snapshot, Wikipedia has over 4 million articles in English, as well as millions in other languages.
2001
2014
Which website do you think made the most progress in its design?
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