The homepages
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- adobe.com – 2001Jun 16, 2001
adobe.com in June 2001: circular product illustrations, the slogan “Everywhere you look” and LiveMotion for $99 with Photoshop or Illustrator.
- altavista.com – 2001Jun 15, 2001
AltaVista in June 2001, “The Search Company”: the mountain logo, a yellow search strip, long subject directories and AltaVista sites in 21 countries.
- aol.com – 2001Jun 16, 2001
AOL Anywhere in June 2001: member sign-in first and “Try the New AOL 6.0 for 1000 Hours FREE!”
- apple.com – 2001Oct 23, 2001
iPod launch day: “Say hello to iPod. 1,000 songs in your pocket.”
- bbc.co.uk – 2001Jun 17, 2001
BBC Online in June 2001: “Make the BBC my Homepage”, a science playground promo and a Father's Day e-card.
- bestbuy.com – 2001Sep 2, 2001
BestBuy.com in September 2001: a pale yellow store with product prices, “Windows XP is coming” and a buy-online, pick-up-in-store line.
- blizzard.com – 2001Sep 26, 2001
A large World of Warcraft logo on Blizzard's homepage, three years before the game, with U.S.A., France and Germany flags.
- disney.com – 2001Jun 4, 2001
disney.com in June 2001, the HTML version: Atlantis “Only in Theaters June 15” amid blue navigation columns, a Zeether section and shopping links.
- gamefaqs.com – 2001Jun 21, 2001
GameFAQs homepage: a wide outlined wordmark heads the central column, with a blue sidebar to the left and a daily poll to the right.
- gamespot.com – 2001Jun 15, 2001
GameSpot's 2001 homepage: A dark three-column portal mixes PC and console news, reviews and hardware coverage.
- geocities.com – 2001Jun 16, 2001
Yahoo! GeoCities: “Build Your Own Web Site” and a topic directory; the homepage no longer mentions neighborhoods.
- hotmail.com – 2001Jun 15, 2001
Hotmail sign-in: “Hotmail Sign-In Is Always Secure”, a Bulk Mail folder and Passport options.
- imdb.com – 2001Apr 1, 2001
The same three-column page: Oscar coverage and a showtimes feature for Memento.
- lycos.com – 2001Jun 15, 2001
Lycos in June 2001: “Remember Dad on June 17th”, the dog holding a book beside “Father's Day Books”, and a Free Lycos Browser.
- mcdonalds.com – 2001Jun 10, 2001
McDonald's globe gateway with a list of corporate press releases; 36 countries in the selector's code.
- microsoft.com – 2001Oct 25, 2001
Windows XP launch day: “Windows XP is here!”
- msn.com – 2001Jun 15, 2001
MSN.com in June 2001: “Life makeovers: 5 keys to happiness”, a Father’s Day 2001 link and a Hotmail sign-in box.
- nintendo.com – 2001Jun 11, 2001
Nintendo’s homepage in June 2001: a purple frame drawn like hardware, Mario saying “WELCOME TO NINTENDO.COM!”, and a Game Boy Advance banner.
- nokia.com – 2001Jun 17, 2001
Nokia's homepage in June 2001: Club Nokia's PersonalityMatch game, the Nokia 9290 Communicator and “Succes in 3G”.
- nytimes.com – 2001Jun 16, 2001
NYTimes.com in June 2001: a portal with a left rail, a search drop-down set to “Past 30 Days” and a $16,900 Endless Pool ad.
- theguardian.com – 2001Jun 16, 2001
Guardian Unlimited in June 2001: a fixed-width page with the main photograph beside a dense list of news and section links.
- walmart.com – 2001Mar 31, 2001
Walmart.com in March 2001: a Mongoose bike at $116.67, a Kodak Digital Camera at $499.68 and ordering by phone “24 hours a day”.
- yahoo.com – 2001Jun 15, 2001
Yahoo in June 2001: “Personal Email” at you@claim-your-name.com, Father's Day shopping and an NBA Finals box.
- ebay.com – 2001Jun 16, 2001
eBay in June 2001: “bid on Tiger's Buick”, a Hot hitters list and the slogan under the logo.
- nick.com – 2001Nov 29, 2001
Nick.com in November 2001: rounded tabs, a Daily Poll and “Score NickPoints! Swap for cards!” around a blank feature area.
- amazon.com – 2001Jun 15, 2001
22 stores, and movie showtimes for Disney's Atlantis.
- ask.com – 2001Jun 16, 2001
Ask Jeeves in June 2001: “What can I help you find?” on a blue page, with a Cast Away video and DVD promo in a bamboo frame.
- cartoonnetwork.com – 2001Aug 1, 2001
Cartoon Network’s August 2001 non-Flash homepage: “YOU’RE MISSING HALF THE FUN!” and a Kellogg’s BigPick Breakfast vote for a cereal star.
- craigslist.org – 2001Feb 5, 2001
Craigslist’s San Francisco page in February 2001: an underlined bold name, columns of blue links and Valentine party tickets.
- espn.com – 2001Apr 2, 2001
ESPN.com in April 2001: “powered by COMPAQ” under the logo, “Arch Finale is All-Indiana” and a Top Scores box.
- expedia.com – 2001Jun 18, 2001
Expedia.com with a Traveler Alert on an airline strike, Express Search and summer deals.
- google.com – 2001Jan 18, 2001
Google in January 2001: “Search 1,326,920,000 web pages” above the search box.
- icq.com – 2001Jun 10, 2001
ICQ.com in June 2001: lavender section bars and promos for Tomb Raider, the NBA Finals and Father’s Day.
- ign.com – 2001Jun 15, 2001
IGN.com in June 2001: six illustrated stories above columns of Movies, Sci-Fi, ForMen and Videogames links.
- ikea.com – 2001Apr 2, 2001
ikea-usa.com in April 2001: a white page with Products, Rooms & Ideas and Store locator, a catalog request and “Internet orders”.
- newgrounds.com – 2001Jun 7, 2001
The Newgrounds main frame in June 2001: daily top-five lists, a vote box, long news posts and a shirt for $16.99.
- nike.com – 2001Jun 16, 2001
Nike's gateway: a white Swoosh on an orange square, a shoe close-up and a world directory.
- playstation.com – 2001Jun 21, 2001
PlayStation’s global splash page in June 2001: a wireframe globe, a PlayStation.com wordmark and four regions, North America, Europe, Japan and Australasia.
- pokemon.com – 2001Jun 18, 2001
Pokémon World in June 2001: Pokémon 3: The Movie, a mystery Pokémon from Stadium 2 and a free Pokémon Internet Browser.
- winamp.com – 2001Jun 17, 2001
Winamp homepage in 2001: a narrow white portal groups Winamp downloads, radio stations and plugins beneath a red navigation bar; some images are missing in this archived copy.
- blogger.com – 2001Jun 16, 2001
Blogger’s orange B, central news feed and blog lists fill a three-column page.
- napster.com – 2001Jun 16, 2001
Napster’s blue-gray homepage stacks news, featured music and artist discovery in a narrow column.
- netflix.com – 2001Jun 10, 2001
“Rent all the DVD movies you want. For 20 bucks a month. No late fees.”
- paypal.com – 2001Jun 17, 2001
PayPal in June 2001: “8 million users and growing!”, six flags around “Now International!” and a free Shopping Cart.
- cnn.com – 2001Sep 11, 2001
CNN.com SPECIAL REPORT: a compact page headed AMERICA UNDER ATTACK.
- deviantart.com – 2001Jun 22, 2001
deviantART’s homepage in June 2001: an illustrated banner and a counter, “46 days until our first birthday”
- runescape.com – 2001May 31, 2001
RuneScape's own homepage: “There are currently 1267 people playing!”, a beta note and dated news from the developers.
- habbo.com – 2001Jun 19, 2001
First captureHabbo's dark gray homepage: a tilted HABBO HOTEL sign over lobby, hotel exterior and pool pictures.
- miniclip.com – 2001Jun 15, 2001
First captureMiniClip’s June 2001 homepage: “Put a MiniClip on your site.”, joke clips such as Doggy Dating on the left, small games on the right.
- wikipedia.org – 2001Jul 27, 2001
First captureWikipedia’s homepage in July 2001: no logo, “over 6,000 articles”, a goal of “over 100,000” and lists of subject links joined with double dashes.
- xbox.com – 2001Jun 18, 2001
First captureXbox.com in June 2001, five months before launch: metal GAMES, HARDWARE and COMMUNITY buttons around a green ball, and six links from Shrek to SoBe.
One capture per site from the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, checked by eye. What a capture shows is what the archive kept that day: some images and scripts are missing.
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