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- adobe.com – 2002Nov 2, 2002
adobe.com in November 2002: a black header with a red rule over a list of updates and downloads, including Acrobat Reader 5.1.
- altavista.com – 2002Jun 6, 2002
AltaVista in June 2002: Web, Image, Audio, Video, Directory and News tabs over a yellow header, with tools, web resources and a Marketplace column.
- aol.com – 2002Jun 2, 2002
AOL Anywhere in June 2002: the sign-in panel, “AOL 7.0 -- 1000 Hours FREE!” and a DSL offer.
- apple.com – 2002Jun 2, 2002
The 700MHz iBook.
- bbc.co.uk – 2002Jun 3, 2002
BBCi in June 2002: “World Cup - Day 4” at the top, a portal-style Categories directory and “News in 43 languages”.
- bestbuy.com – 2002Sep 3, 2002
BestBuy.com in September 2002: “Free Shipping on everything”, an infomercial box and returns and exchanges at a Best Buy store.
- blizzard.com – 2002Jun 4, 2002
Warcraft III character art on Blizzard's homepage a month before release, beside a limited Diablo II print for sale.
- disney.com – 2002Jun 2, 2002
Disney Online in June 2002: the week of May 27 through June 2, with Lilo and Stitch, Disney’s Blast and an eBay ad in three columns.
- gamefaqs.com – 2002Jun 5, 2002
GameFAQs homepage: the blue navigation rail remains beside longer news updates, game rankings and the right-hand poll.
- gamespot.com – 2002Oct 2, 2002
GameSpot's 2002 homepage: A black-and-gold portal combines a Splinter Cell banner, game news and ranked story links. Archived lead media is unavailable.
- geocities.com – 2002Jun 3, 2002
Yahoo! GeoCities: “The Way to Build a Better Web Site”, GeoCities Pro at $8.95 a month plus a $15 setup fee.
- hotmail.com – 2002Dec 2, 2002
MSN Hotmail, “More Useful Everyday”: sign up “(and get a Microsoft® .NET Passport!)”.
- imdb.com – 2002Jul 26, 2002
A pitch for IMDbPro above local showtimes, a poll and a long review of Vertigo.
- lego.com – 2002Jun 3, 2002
LEGO.com in June 2002: six tabs and The Amazing Redini offering to answer a question “about just about anything”.
- lycos.com – 2002Jan 25, 2002
Lycos in January 2002: a yellow portal with “Hosting $9.95 with Free Domain” and “About Terra Lycos” in the footer.
- mcdonalds.com – 2002Jun 5, 2002
McDonald's globe gateway with a What's New list; 41 countries in the selector's code.
- microsoft.com – 2002Jun 5, 2002
The page title: “Microsoft Corporation -- Where Do You Want to Go Today?”
- msn.com – 2002Jun 5, 2002
MSN.com in June 2002: a dark blue frame, a line of text tabs and “Echinacea to kava: Which herbal remedies work best?”.
- nintendo.com – 2002Aug 2, 2002
Nintendo’s homepage in August 2002: the purple frame with an MX Superfly banner, “I believe I can Superfly.”, and a poll about Kirby’s new site.
- nokia.com – 2002Sep 28, 2002
Nokia's homepage in September 2002: camera phones, a Minority Report trailer and the Nokia 5510, “Looks Weird. Sounds Great.”
- nytimes.com – 2002Jun 4, 2002
NYTimes.com in June 2002: “Rifts Plentiful as 9/11 Inquiry Begins” and “REGISTER NOW. It's Free!”
- theguardian.com – 2002May 28, 2002
Guardian Unlimited in May 2002: a red news heading, small portrait-led stories and talkboard questions such as “Was punk rubbish?”
- walmart.com – 2002Aug 8, 2002
Walmart.com in August 2002: “Find 300,000 Textbooks” in yellow and Wal-Mart Connect internet service at $9.94 a month.
- yahoo.com – 2002Jun 6, 2002
Yahoo in a capture dated June 2002: Easter and Passover greetings, a Tax Center and a Yahoo! Personals box.
- ebay.com – 2002Oct 2, 2002
eBay in October 2002: a long category column from Airline Tickets to Everything Else and a “SPORTING THE LOOK” box.
- nick.com – 2002Jun 4, 2002
Nick.com in June 2002: a Shop tab, a poll about daydreams and “Hey Arnold! The Movie”, in theaters June 28.
- amazon.com – 2002Jun 1, 2002
Restaurants (Beta) joins the services.
- ask.com – 2002Jun 3, 2002
Ask Jeeves in June 2002: the butler beside “What can I help you find?” and a box about giant cows and the World's Largest Strawberry.
- cartoonnetwork.com – 2002Nov 28, 2002
Cartoon Network’s November 2002 homepage: framed cards on green, with PLAY, WATCH, ORBIT and SHOP in a row.
- craigslist.org – 2002Mar 31, 2002
Craigslist’s San Francisco page in March 2002: a calendar grid in the left column and “post a classified listing” at the top.
- espn.com – 2002Oct 7, 2002
ESPN.com in October 2002, via msn.espn.go.com: an MSN bar, “Get Up To Speed!” in the red header and “Escape Artists”.
- expedia.com – 2002Jun 4, 2002
Expedia.com's “Build your own trip” box with five icons, and Vegas hotels from $19.
- google.com – 2002Jan 24, 2002
Google in January 2002: Web, Images, Groups and Directory tabs, and “Searching 2,073,418,204 web pages” in the footer.
- icq.com – 2002Jun 5, 2002
ICQ.com in June 2002: the tagline “ICQ is Online Happiness” and “ICQ is the first ever to reach 200,000,000 downloads on CNET!”
- ign.com – 2002May 28, 2002
IGN.com after E3 2002: a blue-and-silver masthead, an E3 wrap-up and “Get Insider for $20” in the headlines.
- ikea.com – 2002May 31, 2002
ikea-usa.com in May 2002: a sun beside “Home Shopping”, “Fast. Easy. Convenient.” and a virtual 2002 catalog.
- newgrounds.com – 2002Jun 2, 2002
Newgrounds in June 2002: a tank logo above a two-column catalogue of featured games and movies.
- nike.com – 2002Jun 1, 2002
Nike's main.html gateway repeats the 2001 shoe and directory, with the same image names.
- playstation.com – 2002Jun 5, 2002
PlayStation’s “Global Splash” page in June 2002: four regions in italics beside a grey wireframe globe.
- pokemon.com – 2002Jun 4, 2002
Pokémon.com in June 2002: a red panel with the Create a Snorlax Card Contest and Pokémon of the Week.
- winamp.com – 2002Jun 6, 2002
Winamp homepage in 2002: the white portal promotes the classic player and the Winamp3 beta alongside radio and community links; some images are missing in this archived copy.
- blogger.com – 2002Jun 5, 2002
Blogger’s news page includes Blogs of Note and Get the Buzz.
- napster.com – 2002May 30, 2002
Napster’s homepage gives its main column to the Beta and Beyond letter.
- netflix.com – 2002Sep 14, 2002
The same pitch, and how to turn on cookies.
- paypal.com – 2002Jun 3, 2002
PayPal in June 2002: “Over 16 million members worldwide!” and a blue “Get $5 for signing up!” badge.
- cnn.com – 2002Jun 2, 2002
A blue section column, an India–Pakistan summit story and blocks for video, weather and markets.
- deviantart.com – 2002May 28, 2002
deviantART’s homepage in May 2002: Recent Deviation Submissions as a thumbnail grid and an offer to remove the banner ads
- habbo.com – 2002May 27, 2002
Habbo's 2002 homepage retains the tilted HABBO HOTEL sign and narrow room-tour layout.
- miniclip.com – 2002Jun 4, 2002
Miniclip’s 2002 homepage: an orange-and-red MINICLIP wordmark over a long blue catalogue and a Top 10 from Bomb Jack to United We Dance.
- wikipedia.org – 2002Sep 28, 2002
Wikipedia in September 2002: the English “Main Page” with a ball-of-text logo, a sidebar and a count of “48152 articles”.
- addictinggames.com – 2002Sep 20, 2002
First captureAddictingGames.com in September 2002: a white page of small game thumbnails under a grey wordmark, with a Top 5 led by Helicopter.
- friendster.com – 2002Nov 20, 2002
First captureFriendster beta asks for an invitation code beneath its white wordmark and smiley.
- steampowered.com – 2002Jun 4, 2002
First capturesteampowered.com in June 2002: an olive-green overview of Steam as “a broadband business platform”, Try Steam Now! buttons and a GDC news line.
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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