The homepages
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- adobe.com – 2003Jun 18, 2003
adobe.com in June 2003: a blue butterfly for “Adobe InDesign. In good company.” and a top link that now says Download Adobe Reader.
- altavista.com – 2003Jun 22, 2003
AltaVista in June 2003 after the redesign: a red av symbol, a pale blue search panel with “More Precision” and a Babel Fish promotion.
- aol.com – 2003Feb 19, 2003
AOL Anywhere in February 2003: “All-New AOL 8.0 - 1045 hrs FREE!” above the member sign-in.
- apple.com – 2003May 29, 2003
“The revolutionary iTunes Music Store” and a new “Music” tab.
- bbc.co.uk – 2003Jun 20, 2003
BBCi in June 2003: a green page with a Search the Web box, a Wimbledon 2003 photo and the BBCi Directory.
- bestbuy.com – 2003Dec 2, 2003
bestbuy.com in December 2003: a notice that shopping on BestBuy.com requires cookies, with a phone number and a nearby store as alternatives.
- blizzard.com – 2003Jun 11, 2003
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne “Gone Gold!” with Illidan, and “In Stores Beginning July 1, 2003”, on Blizzard's homepage.
- disney.com – 2003Jun 3, 2003
Disney Online in June 2003, “The Official ‘Lite’ Home Page”: Finding Nemo now playing; some smaller images are missing.
- gamefaqs.com – 2003Jun 12, 2003
GameFAQs homepage: the central news column and long platform sidebar preserve the dense blue-and-white directory layout.
- gamespot.com – 2003Jun 23, 2003
GameSpot's 2003 homepage: Gold side navigation surrounds a dark news portal; some archived images are unavailable.
- imdb.com – 2003Apr 5, 2003
The film-strip portal promotes professional contact listings alongside its daily movie features.
- lego.com – 2003Dec 6, 2003
LEGO.com in December 2003: armored knights on a cliff, the “play on” tagline and “Join the Fun!”.
- lycos.com – 2003May 12, 2003
Lycos in May 2003: a black dog in the yellow header beside the search box, and Lycos Topics with Blogs.
- mcdonalds.com – 2003Jun 19, 2003
McDonald's globe gateway with tiles for Inspector Gadget 2, Premium Salads and Get the Facts; 55 countries in the selector's code.
- microsoft.com – 2003Jun 18, 2003
Three columns: home & entertainment, technical resources, business agility.
- msn.com – 2003Jun 12, 2003
MSN.com in June 2003: the blue frame with a U.S. OPEN banner and a long column of links on the left.
- nintendo.com – 2003Jun 6, 2003
Nintendo’s homepage in June 2003: “Get one of these great games FREE! with the purchase of a Nintendo GameCube”.
- nokia.com – 2003Jun 19, 2003
Nokia's homepage in June 2003: a blue tab bar, “Welcome to Nokia.com” and seven new products led by the Nokia 6600.
- nytimes.com – 2003Jun 18, 2003
NYTimes.com in June 2003: the Iraq war in the lead, LOG IN and “REGISTER NOW. It's Free!” on the right.
- theguardian.com – 2003Jun 18, 2003
Guardian Unlimited in June 2003: a large lead portrait, a compact news list and section links down the left.
- walmart.com – 2003Jun 12, 2003
Walmart.com in June 2003: “Now Playing: DVD Rentals!”, unlimited rentals from $15.54 a month, and “Express Shipping is Only $1.87”.
- yahoo.com – 2003Jun 18, 2003
Yahoo in June 2003: a “Search the Web” band on top; the directory moves down into a “Web Site Directory” box.
- ea.com – 2003Aug 13, 2003
EA's white storefront with four doors: EA SPORTS BIG, EA SPORTS, EA GAMES and Pogo, above Buy Now boxes.
- ebay.com – 2003Jun 21, 2003
eBay in June 2003: “Best of eBay Motors”, “TOP 15 DEALS OF THE WEEK” and an eBay Live! event in Orlando.
- nick.com – 2003Oct 29, 2003
Nick.com in October 2003: a Halloween poll, “Best Halloween prop?”, and Halloween games, tunes and e-cards.
- amazon.com – 2003Jun 3, 2003
Your Gold Box, free shipping over $25, and Bottom of the Page Deals.
- ask.com – 2003Jun 21, 2003
Ask Jeeves in June 2003: “Greetings. What can I help you find today?” above a red wave of search icons.
- cartoonnetwork.com – 2003Nov 27, 2003
Cartoon Network’s November 2003 homepage: turquoise cards, Shocktober, and FREE GAMES, BUY GAMES and WATCH.
- craigslist.org – 2003Feb 6, 2003
Craigslist’s San Francisco page in February 2003: the column layout, with a calendar and red “new” tags.
- espn.com – 2003Jun 20, 2003
ESPN.com in June 2003: white ESPN letters on a black block, the “Get up to Speed!” Flash notice and “All About Schmidt”.
- google.com – 2003Feb 2, 2003
Google in February 2003: a fifth tab, News, and a red “New!” before “Take your search further. Take a Google Tour.”
- icq.com – 2003Dec 2, 2003
ICQ.com in December 2003: the flower logo, a Swatch Internet Time box and an ICQ User Stories couple (photo blurred).
- ign.com – 2003Oct 10, 2003
IGN's grey portal in October 2003: platform links on the left, a large illustrated feature, a dense news grid and Gamestore deals.
- ikea.com – 2003Mar 28, 2003
ikea-usa.com in March 2003: most images don’t render; small print for the “unböring community” and a SNUTTIG toy recall.
- newgrounds.com – 2003Jun 21, 2003
Newgrounds in June 2003: a homepage poll asks whether Alien Hominid should come to the Xbox or the PS2.
- nike.com – 2003Jun 13, 2003
Nike's gray gateway: an orange Swoosh and a shoe close-up, one of three random backgrounds.
- playstation.com – 2003Jun 10, 2003
PlayStation’s “Global Splash” page in June 2003: North America, Europe, Japan and Australasia beside a wireframe globe.
- winamp.com – 2003Jun 19, 2003
Winamp homepage in 2003: the pale-blue portal leads with Winamp3, a player screenshot, a yellow download arrow and a feature list.
- blogger.com – 2003Jun 12, 2003
Blogger retains the dense news layout after Google’s purchase of Pyra Labs.
- napster.com – 2003Dec 25, 2003
The relaunched Napster homepage combines a free trial, a download chart and a portable-player promotion.
- netflix.com – 2003Jan 30, 2003
“Try NETFLIX today!” and the red envelope.
- paypal.com – 2003Jun 18, 2003
PayPal in June 2003: “Over 25 million members worldwide!”, Merchant Tools and Auction Tools tabs, and “an eBay company” under the footer links.
- cnn.com – 2003Jun 2, 2003
Rudolph awaits hearing, a search box and a dense grid of section headlines.
- runescape.com – 2003Jan 22, 2003
RuneScape in a stone frame: a red Play Game oval, 3,932 people playing, button pictures that don't load in the replay.
- habbo.com – 2003Jun 13, 2003
Habbo's turquoise-and-yellow homepage uses a horizontal HABBO wordmark and central news panel.
- miniclip.com – 2003Jun 3, 2003
Miniclip’s 2003 homepage: a Full Games List dropdown (138 titles in its code), game categories including UK games, and a Top 10.
- wikipedia.org – 2003Feb 9, 2003
Wikipedia in February 2003: the English Main Page counts “104155 articles” and lists “Shuttle disaster” in the news.
- xbox.com – 2003Dec 4, 2003
Xbox.com in December 2003: a silver frame, the day’s date, a .NET Passport sign-in and game blurbs such as Counter-Strike and Ninja Gaiden.
- addictinggames.com – 2003Jun 18, 2003
AddictingGames.com in June 2003: a dated update note, new games, a yellow poll and a Top 20 Games row above long category lists.
- friendster.com – 2003Jul 7, 2003
Friendster explains friends-of-friends connections beside a diagram of faces.
- steampowered.com – 2003Jan 25, 2003
steampowered.com in January 2003: the same overview with “Coming Soon!” and a Steam Partners box asking for 45 megabits of bandwidth.
- last.fm – 2003Sep 22, 2003
First captureLast.fm pairs “Share taste instead of files” with personal radio and “4 Members Online”.
- myspace.com – 2003Oct 4, 2003
First captureMyspace’s October 2003 homepage: “With myspace you can:” and three steps, ending in “See How You’re Connected!”
- skype.com – 2003Dec 3, 2003
First captureSkype’s December 2003 homepage: green cloud logo, “3,355,593 downloads and counting...” and “Download now (it’s free)”.
- tesla.com – 2003Dec 15, 2003
First captureTesla Motors’ contact card: Menlo Park address, main line, fax and hostmaster email; the header image does not render.
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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