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- adobe.com – 2005Jun 15, 2005
adobe.com in June 2005: Acrobat 7.0 Professional “free for 30 days!” and an announcement with the Adobe and Macromedia logos.
- altavista.com – 2005Jun 16, 2005
AltaVista in June 2005: the same compact blue search form, with Web, Images, MP3/Audio, Video and News tabs.
- aol.com – 2005Jun 15, 2005
AOL in June 2005: a navy sales page for AOL High-Speed, “all for only $29.95”.
- apple.com – 2005Jun 2, 2005
Mac OS X Tiger, and the top five Dashboard widgets.
- bbc.co.uk – 2005Jun 16, 2005
bbc.co.uk in June 2005: an “Africa Lives on the BBC” banner over the light-blue Today, Browse and Where I Live boxes.
- bestbuy.com – 2005Jun 16, 2005
Best Buy in June 2005: “Beat the Heat with a new Air Conditioner” and “GET IT BEFORE JUNE 19 WITH IN-STORE PICKUP”.
- blizzard.com – 2005Jun 16, 2005
World of Warcraft Battlegrounds art on Blizzard's homepage, with jobs for “Blizzard's console team”.
- gamefaqs.com – 2005Jun 16, 2005
GameFAQs homepage: a gold game advertising skin surrounds the centered page, recent updates, rankings and daily poll.
- gamespot.com – 2005Aug 1, 2005
GameSpot's 2005 homepage: The dark GameSpot portal groups gaming news, reviews and videos under gold navigation. The archive lacks the header logo and lead media.
- geocities.com – 2005Jun 16, 2005
Yahoo! GeoCities: Free at $0/mo., Plus at $4.95, Pro at $8.95 and Web Hosting Starter at $11.95.
- imdb.com – 2005Jun 16, 2005
A larger yellow IMDb logo and a Batman Begins feature above the daily poll.
- lego.com – 2005Jun 15, 2005
LEGO.com in June 2005: a centered blue portal with a DUPLO airplane and Products, Club, Shop At Home and LEGOLAND panels.
- lycos.com – 2005Jan 29, 2005
Lycos in January 2005: a yellow search page with “Block Offensive Content: Always, Sometimes, Never” and Lycos Circles.
- mcdonalds.com – 2005Jun 16, 2005
Black McDonald's gateway: “i'm lovin' it” under the arches and “I'm going to McDonald's →”.
- microsoft.com – 2005Jun 15, 2005
“Speed up your PC”, June security updates, “Spyware savvy?”
- msn.com – 2005Mar 1, 2005
MSN.com in March 2005: “Change colors: Simple White | Classic Blue”, “Make MSN my home page” and an “I Graduated in:” ad.
- nintendo.com – 2005Jun 16, 2005
Nintendo’s homepage in June 2005: the white three-column layout, with the Flash feature missing in this replay.
- nokia.com – 2005Jun 16, 2005
Nokia's Flash gateway in June 2005, caught mid-greeting: a high five and the word “Hei”.
- nytimes.com – 2005Jun 15, 2005
NYTimes.com in June 2005: the masthead still says “On the Web”, while a Most E-Mailed box appears on the right.
- spacejam.com – 2005Aug 28, 2005
Space Jam's Warner Home Video page: “OWN IT NOW ON DVD!”, the 2-disc case and Bugs Bunny on a giant disc.
- theguardian.com – 2005Jun 16, 2005
Guardian Unlimited in June 2005: the main news column, a left-hand section directory and features on the right.
- walmart.com – 2005Jun 16, 2005
Walmart.com in June 2005: a “Dad’s the Man” Father’s Day feature under the blue Wal-Mart header.
- yahoo.com – 2005Jun 16, 2005
Yahoo in June 2005: the directory shrinks to twelve one-word links beside a large GM Employee Discount ad.
- ebay.com – 2005Jun 15, 2005
eBay in June 2005: a slimmer header, “Hello! Sign in/out.” and “Powered By IBM”.
- nick.com – 2005Jun 16, 2005
Nick.com in June 2005: a games grid under a blank red feature slot, with Avatar and Fairly OddParents games.
- amazon.com – 2005Jun 15, 2005
“Join Amazon Prime”: $79 a year.
- ask.com – 2005Jun 15, 2005
Ask Jeeves in June 2005: a smaller butler, tabs from Web to Products and “Search with Keywords or Questions”.
- craigslist.org – 2005Feb 4, 2005
Craigslist’s San Francisco page in February 2005: listing counters such as “for sale (91315)” and a wall of city names.
- espn.com – 2005Jun 17, 2005
ESPN.com in June 2005: “Cinderella Story” from the U.S. Open and a “New Video Player” promo under the MyESPN panel.
- google.com – 2005Jan 1, 2005
Google on January 1, 2005: a New Year doodle and a link, “Ways to help with tsunami relief”.
- icq.com – 2005Jun 15, 2005
ICQ.com in June 2005: purple bars, an orange Download ICQ 5 button, ICQ Dating and a date line that reads “June 15, 105”.
- ign.com – 2005Jun 16, 2005
IGN in June 2005: lead stories and a film strip; the top menu lists PS3 and Xbox 360 and ends with Babes.
- ikea.com – 2005Jun 1, 2005
IKEA’s US homepage in June 2005: a blue US map, “3 ways to shop at IKEA” and the first product prices in our captures.
- newgrounds.com – 2005Jun 16, 2005
Newgrounds in June 2005: “Behemoth News” says Alien Hominid is out for PS2 and Xbox in Europe, Australia and NZ.
- nike.com – 2005Jun 19, 2005
Nike's gateway with a colorful sports montage in the central panel.
- playstation.com – 2005Jun 16, 2005
PlayStation’s global splash page in June 2005: five regions, a grey globe and a Global Home button.
- winamp.com – 2005Jun 16, 2005
Winamp homepage in 2005: the Winamp 5.09 portal pairs its player-and-llama header with a poll, a featured skin and plug-in, and news panels; the unavailable embedded-media and advertising block is collapsed.
- blogger.com – 2005Jun 15, 2005
Blogger’s three-step signup sits above a mobile-publishing notice that advertises a jingle.
- napster.com – 2005Jun 16, 2005
Napster To Go advertises access to more than a million songs on a turquoise homepage.
- netflix.com – 2005Jun 1, 2005
“The best way to rent movies.” $17.99.
- paypal.com – 2005Sep 16, 2005
PayPal in September 2005: “Now Over 78 million accounts” and “PayPal is the global leader in online payments.”
- cnn.com – 2005Feb 2, 2005
The blue sidebar remains beside Bush to outline blueprint for 2nd term.
- deviantart.com – 2005Jun 16, 2005
deviantART’s homepage in June 2005: 12,996,898 deviations and a staff poll led by “Sorta”
- runescape.com – 2005Jun 16, 2005
RuneScape's stone-letter logo over 80,622 people playing and a grid of feature tiles, including the Library of Varrock.
- habbo.com – 2005Oct 3, 2005
Habbo's 2005 homepage stretches the yellow panel into community news, safety information and promotions.
- miniclip.com – 2005Jun 15, 2005
Miniclip’s 2005 homepage: compact game boxes, a Top Ten led by RuneScape and a List All Games dropdown whose code lists 245 titles.
- wikipedia.org – 2005Jan 10, 2005
Wikipedia in January 2005: a language portal, with Deutsch, English, Français, 日本語, Polski and Svenska in the “50 000 + articles” group.
- addictinggames.com – 2005Jun 16, 2005
AddictingGames.com in June 2005: blue-grey category panels, featured games and “Updated every Friday!”.
- friendster.com – 2005Jan 2, 2005
Friendster pairs “organize your social life” with member login, a face network and press badges.
- steampowered.com – 2005Jun 16, 2005
Steam’s homepage in June 2005: “Play Half-Life 2 Now!” with Bronze $49.95, Silver $59.95 and Gold $84.95 packages.
- last.fm – 2005Jun 15, 2005
Last.fm separates listeners from labels and artists around a sample player, recommendations and news; some images are missing.
- myspace.com – 2005Dec 3, 2005
Myspace in December 2005: a “Cool New People” box (member photos blurred by us), a login box and four “Get Started” boxes.
- skype.com – 2005Oct 13, 2005
Skype homepage with a blue logo, “182,111,160 downloads.” and “With Skype you can talk to anyone, anywhere for free. Forever.”
- digg.com – 2005Jun 16, 2005
Digg in June 2005: still a text list, now counting “diggs”, with “Help promote stories to the homepage - digg here!” above it.
- facebook.com – 2005Oct 20, 2005
Facebook in October 2005: “Now there are two Facebooks: one for people in college and one for people in high school.”
- orkut.com – 2005Jun 16, 2005
Orkut's 2005 landing page rearranges the faces into a mosaic beside sign-in.
- clubpenguin.com – 2005Oct 26, 2005
First captureClub Penguin’s homepage on October 26, 2005, two days after launch: a white page, a blue box promising “Nothing to download” and a “PLAY NOW FOR FREE!” button.
- etsy.com – 2005Jun 25, 2005
First captureEtsy's June 25, 2005 homepage: 29 categories with item counts (Jewelry 78, Furniture 0) and “We just opened!”
- huffpost.com – 2005May 10, 2005
First captureThe Huffington Post's launch-day front page, May 9, 2005: posts by Larry David and Walter Cronkite, and an email box labeled “Huff Post Updates”. The masthead image is missing from our screenshot.
- linkedin.com – 2005Oct 15, 2005
First captureLinkedIn in October 2005: Find People, Find Jobs and Find Services buttons above “Join over 3.8 million other professionals now”.
- reddit.com – 2005Jul 25, 2005
First captureReddit’s homepage in July 2005: a numbered list of 50 links voted with “boosts”, four tabs and a “daily top posters” box.
- roblox.com – 2005Jun 24, 2005
First captureRoblox’s homepage in June 2005, “The Online Building Toy™”: a blue menu, news, the Fend off the Bots! contest and the Top ROBLOX Points Holders table.
- wordpress.com – 2005Nov 24, 2005
First captureWordPress.com: the public blogging homepage explains Why Blog?, lists Hot Blogs Today, and offers Get a WordPress Blog now.
- youtube.com – 2005Apr 28, 2005
First captureA login box and “I’m a Male seeking Everyone between 18 and 45”; the Flash player is blank in this replay.
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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