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- adobe.com – 2006Nov 2, 2006
adobe.com in November 2006: a MAX 2006 banner and “Download Adobe Reader and Flash Player.” with a button for each.
- altavista.com – 2006Jun 16, 2006
AltaVista in June 2006: the centered blue search form, with its translation link labeled Babel Fish Translation.
- aol.com – 2006Jun 16, 2006
AOL.com in June 2006: a news portal with a photo lead story and “Get Free AIM E-mail”.
- apple.com – 2006Jun 2, 2006
MacBook, “Get a Mac”; the last “Apple Computer, Inc” footer.
- bbc.co.uk – 2006Jun 15, 2006
The BBC homepage in June 2006 with “International version” selected: a Zarqawi headline and “News in 33 Languages”.
- bestbuy.com – 2006Jun 18, 2006
Best Buy in June 2006: a blank hero area over “Gift Ideas For Everyone”, Magnolia Home Theater and “Computer Problems? Call in Geek Squad®!”
- blizzard.com – 2006Jun 15, 2006
Blizzard's black news page with Warcraft updates and a pen-and-paper RPG download; the left picture is blank in this capture.
- gamefaqs.com – 2006Jun 15, 2006
GameFAQs homepage: a GameSpot-branded white GameFAQs wordmark crowns a narrower page with Today on GameFAQs, rankings and a poll.
- gamespot.com – 2006Jul 1, 2006
GameSpot's 2006 homepage: The dark GameSpot portal adds a wide lead feature and grouped console coverage.
- geocities.com – 2006Jun 15, 2006
Yahoo! GeoCities: gray GEOCITIES wordmark, a purple GeoCities Free box with a free blog, and a Pro plan with “a free domain (e.g. www.yahoo.com)”.
- imdb.com – 2006Apr 3, 2006
Watch This: Trailers and More is a list of text links in the center column.
- lego.com – 2006Jun 15, 2006
LEGO.com in June 2006: a blue Technic model above Products, Club and Shop panels.
- lycos.com – 2006Jan 1, 2006
Lycos on January 1, 2006: Wired News on the “Best (and Worst) Gadgets of 2005” and a holiday sweepstakes for an Xbox 360.
- mcdonalds.com – 2006Jun 15, 2006
Black McDonald's gateway with three photo panels; Podcasts joins the footer.
- microsoft.com – 2006Jun 16, 2006
“NEWS: Microsoft announces July 2008 transition for Bill Gates”.
- msn.com – 2006Jun 15, 2006
MSN.com in June 2006: a dashboard of services and categories, “Trying to ‘Take It Like a Man’” and a Messenger beta link.
- nintendo.com – 2006Jun 15, 2006
Nintendo’s homepage in June 2006: a menu of NINTENDO DS, Wii, GAME BOY and NINTENDO GAMECUBE, Hot News, Brain Age and a Toad asking “NEED HELP?”.
- nokia.com – 2006Jun 15, 2006
Nokia's June 2006 gateway: “Welcome to Nokia Worldwide” over a pinwheel photo, with three green buttons.
- nytimes.com – 2006Jun 15, 2006
NYTimes.com in June 2006: a centered masthead without “On the Web”, a Free 14-Day Trial and Most Popular tabs.
- spacejam.com – 2006Jun 19, 2006
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 – 2006Jun 14, 2006
Guardian Unlimited in June 2006: search above the wordmark and the line “Best daily newspaper on the world wide web”, during the World Cup.
- walmart.com – 2006Jun 16, 2006
Walmart.com in June 2006: “Brand. New.” over cameras, TVs and laptops, and “Father’s Day Is June 18”.
- yahoo.com – 2006Jun 15, 2006
Yahoo in June 2006: Answers among the top icons, “Yahoo! Tech: Gear to go” and a one-word Web Directory box.
- ea.com – 2006Nov 29, 2006
EA's dark portal with Need for Speed Carbon and a counter: 12104 players online in the EA Nation.
- ebay.com – 2006Jun 15, 2006
eBay in June 2006: a yellow category column, “you can get it on eBay” and a Skype banner.
- amazon.com – 2006Jun 16, 2006
“See All 34 Product Categories.”
- ask.com – 2006Mar 1, 2006
Ask.com in March 2006: no butler, a red Ask logo with .com, “Welcome to the new Ask.com.” and a Search Tools panel.
- craigslist.org – 2006Feb 1, 2006
Craigslist’s San Francisco page in February 2006: “for sale (108034)” and a red “> Katrina Relief <” link.
- espn.com – 2006Jun 15, 2006
ESPN.com in June 2006: a large white ESPN wordmark on red, “Edmonton Sp-Oilers” and a box asking for Macromedia Flash Player 8.
- google.com – 2006Jun 15, 2006
Google in June 2006: “Personalized Home” and “Sign in” at the top right; the page counter is gone.
- icq.com – 2006Dec 1, 2006
ICQ.com in December 2006: a green ribbon, a tenth-anniversary logo and the slogan “everybody, everywhere” (member tiles blurred).
- ign.com – 2006Jun 15, 2006
IGN in June 2006: the grey portal with dark review panels; Wii joins the top menu.
- ikea.com – 2006Jul 1, 2006
IKEA’s US homepage in July 2006: the 2005 layout with a kitchen photo at the top and the product list on the left.
- newgrounds.com – 2006Jun 15, 2006
Newgrounds in June 2006: a redrawn tank, the slogan “Everything, By Everyone.” and an orange menu that starts with Flash Portal.
- nike.com – 2006Jun 15, 2006
Nike's gateway with players on a pitch, one of five random backgrounds in its code.
- playstation.com – 2006Jun 15, 2006
PlayStation Global in June 2006: a blue page, a white PS symbol and nine destinations from Australia to Taiwan.
- winamp.com – 2006Jun 15, 2006
Winamp homepage in 2006: the download-led portal adds an AOL Music Now column; its archived Flash feature is unavailable.
- blogger.com – 2006Jun 15, 2006
Blogger adds blog discovery above the illustrated tour and three-step signup.
- napster.com – 2006Jan 1, 2006
Napster To Go’s headline raises the catalog claim to more than 1.5 million songs.
- netflix.com – 2006Jun 15, 2006
“The Best Way to Rent Movies.”
- paypal.com – 2006May 24, 2006
PayPal in May 2006: “Shop Without Sharing Your Financial Information”, a PayPal Mobile box and “Now Over 100 million accounts”.
- cnn.com – 2006Jun 2, 2006
Sections run across the top, while a Pipeline box promotes live video.
- deviantart.com – 2006Sep 16, 2006
deviantART’s homepage in September 2006, after version 5: rows of artwork and “Join the largest art community in the world!”
- runescape.com – 2006Jun 15, 2006
RuneScape: Create a free account and Play RuneScape buttons, 65,130 people playing, Recent News on parchment.
- habbo.com – 2006Jun 15, 2006
Habbo's 2006 homepage uses blue community columns, yellow tabs and green patterned wallpaper.
- miniclip.com – 2006Jun 15, 2006
Miniclip’s 2006 homepage: three columns, RuneScape and Puzzle Pirates promotions, and a Top Ten led by Club Penguin.
- wikipedia.org – 2006Jan 1, 2006
Wikipedia in January 2006: the puzzle globe in the middle, ten languages around it with their counts, English at “883 000+ articles”.
- addictinggames.com – 2006Jun 15, 2006
AddictingGames.com in June 2006: the blue-grey catalogue, with the .com gone from the wordmark.
- friendster.com – 2006Jun 13, 2006
Friendster displays Photos, People, Fan Profiles and blog previews; private member details are blurred.
- steampowered.com – 2006Sep 1, 2006
Steam’s homepage in September 2006: a grid of games priced $9.95 to $24.95, Half-Life 2: Episode One and a New On Steam list.
- last.fm – 2006Jun 9, 2006
Last.fm adds an artist search and four pink feature symbols above its news feed.
- myspace.com – 2006Jul 5, 2006
Myspace in July 2006: a blue “myspace.com” header, NEW! tags in the directory and music video banners.
- skype.com – 2006Jun 15, 2006
Skype homepage: the globe, “Forever.” and Skype 2.5, with free US and Canada calls till the end of the year.
- tesla.com – 2006Jul 3, 2006
A red-covered Tesla Roadster: “The cover comes off July 20!” over a countdown, a spec line and an email box.
- digg.com – 2006Oct 17, 2006
Digg version 3 in October 2006: yellow digg-count boxes, “digg it” buttons, a “Bury” link and “Upcoming Stories (4,395)”.
- facebook.com – 2006Feb 2, 2006
Facebook in February 2006: “Welcome to Facebook!”, still a directory of schools with a pale face tile above the login box.
- orkut.com – 2006Jun 1, 2006
Orkut's 2006 landing page pairs the face collage with Google Account sign-in.
- clubpenguin.com – 2006Dec 14, 2006
Club Penguin’s homepage in December 2006: a blue and yellow layout with a big PLAY NOW! button, Gift Cards and Fun Stuff buttons and a children’s privacy seal.
- etsy.com – 2006Jan 1, 2006
Etsy's left rail offers Sampler, Shop By Color, Geolocator and Time Machine; many item photos are missing.
- huffpost.com – 2006Jul 29, 2006
The Huffington Post in 2006: “THE HUFFINGTON POST” in widely spaced black capitals between two hand-drawn figures, with tabs for The Blog and Eat the Press.
- linkedin.com – 2006Jun 15, 2006
LinkedIn in June 2006: “What do you want to do today?” beside a people search, and “6 million experienced professionals already use LinkedIn”.
- reddit.com – 2006Jun 15, 2006
Reddit in June 2006: votes are now “points”, each post has a comment link, and a yellow strip explains the site.
- roblox.com – 2006Jun 13, 2006
roblox.com in June 2006: the page’s code calls it “ROBLOX.com (Alpha-test)”, a header not visible in this replay; instructions about Places, the newest people and recently visited Places; the logo doesn’t load in this replay.
- wordpress.com – 2006Jun 15, 2006
WordPress.com: a narrow two-column page explains why to blog, lists Hot Blogs Today, and places signup and login in the sidebar.
- youtube.com – 2006Mar 3, 2006
“Today’s Featured Videos”: a vertical list, star ratings, recent tags and a member sidebar.
- kongregate.com – 2006Jun 26, 2006
First captureKongregate's 2006 homepage: pre-launch holding page introduces Kongregate.com and collects email addresses before the private alpha.
- spotify.com – 2006Nov 8, 2006
First captureSpotify’s homepage in November 2006: “info at spotify dot com” and one email box, to be told “when exciting stuff happens”.
- twitter.com – 2006Dec 30, 2006
First captureTwitter’s homepage in December 2006: “What are you doing?” in yellow, recent public updates and a green sign-in box (updates blurred).
- zillow.com – 2006Jun 15, 2006
First captureZillow.com in June 2006, the beta: “Value Any Home”, an address form and “Bird's Eye View Images! NEW!”, with a mostly unstyled layout.
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