After the advent of Web 3.0 and HTML5, and other modern web technologies; most of the popular websites have a great look and feel and are very user friendly. Take the example of Facebook, YouTube, Gmail. These sites are powered by very complex processes and algorithms behind the scene. These sites employ many servers and load balancing equipment such as Cisco Content Services Switches to distribute visitor loads over multiple computers at multiple locations. Have you every thought, what did YouTube, Gmail look like the first time you visited the site? How’d the IBM, HP and Apple homepage look back in 1996? Today, I will go back in time and bring you early versions of 50 popular websites.
Accenture in 2000
AOL in 1996
Apple in 1997
Cognizant in 2000
Dawn.com in 1997
Download.com in 1996
Flipkart in 2007
Forbes in 1996
Freshersworld in 2001
Geocities in 1996
Hindustan Times in 1996
Hostgator in 2002
Hotmail in 1997
HP in 1996
ICICI Bank in 1997
IMDB in 1996
IRCTC in 2001
Labnol in 2004
Apple in 1998
CNN in 2000
Yahoo in 1996
Naukri.com in 1997
Naukri.com in 2000
NDTV in 2000
Oracle in 1996
Orkut in 2004
Patni in 1996
Times of India in 1997
Amazon in 1995
Amazon in 1999
IBM in 1996
Infosys in 2000
TCS in 1997
Wipro in 1997
Wipro in 1998
Top 10 sites in September 2000.
