WEB HISTORY
Sites that shaped the internet.
The Web changes quickly. These stories slow it down: what the sites looked like, why they mattered, what survives today and what modern builders can still learn from them.
1990The first website and web server at CERN.
1996A Hollywood movie experiments with the early commercial Web.
2005A one-page pixel idea becomes a global internet phenomenon.
FEATURED STORIES
Three very different ideas of what a website could be.
Each page is researched from original or authoritative sources and designed as a useful reference, not a thin list of links.
1990
World Wide WebWhat's out there?HelpSoftware Products
The First Website
What was the first website ever made, what did it contain, and can you still visit it today?
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Space Jam 1996
A preserved official movie site from the era when brands were still inventing web design conventions.
Explore the story → 2005The Million Dollar Homepage
One million pixels, one dollar each, and one of the simplest viral business ideas of the mid-2000s.
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