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- adobe.com – 2007Jun 16, 2007
adobe.com in June 2007: products, announcements and purchase links in three columns, including the Adobe AIR beta; the Flash feature doesn’t replay.
- altavista.com – 2007Jun 16, 2007
AltaVista in June 2007: the blue search form with Babel Fish Translation, Toolbar and Answers links under it.
- aol.com – 2007Jun 16, 2007
AOL.com in June 2007: Featured Stories, video, weather and “Get Free AOL Mail”.
- apple.com – 2007Jun 30, 2007
iPhone launch weekend: one image, “Say hello to iPhone.”, and a six-item menu.
- bbc.co.uk – 2007Jun 13, 2007
The BBC homepage in June 2007 with “UK version” selected: a Get Cooking promo and London weather.
- bestbuy.com – 2007Jun 17, 2007
Best Buy on Father’s Day 2007: “Dad’s Day GIFT IDEAS”, a Rolling Stones 4-DVD set and “SAVE UP TO $500 ON HDTV”.
- blizzard.com – 2007Jun 14, 2007
The Armory item database promoted on Blizzard's homepage, beside news of $100 BlizzCon 2007 tickets.
- disney.com – 2007Jun 14, 2007
disney.com in June 2007, the lite homepage: a menu with Disney XD, an Underdog trailer and “Enter a Character World!”
- gamefaqs.com – 2007Jun 15, 2007
GameFAQs homepage: the narrow centered layout combines site updates, game rankings, GameSpot headlines and a right-hand daily poll.
- gamespot.com – 2007Oct 15, 2007
GameSpot's 2007 homepage: The dark widescreen portal leads with The Orange Box and expands video and community sections.
- geocities.com – 2007Jun 12, 2007
Yahoo! GeoCities in 2007: the purple GeoCities Free box and the same plans as 2006; the discount now ends 3/31/2007.
- hotmail.com – 2007Jun 14, 2007
“MSN® Hotmail® is changing... to Windows Live™ Hotmail®”, with 2 GB of space.
- imdb.com – 2007Apr 7, 2007
An IMDb TV grid lists television channels and half-hour time slots beneath the trailer links.
- lego.com – 2007Apr 2, 2007
LEGO.com in April 2007: LEGO Factory’s train set leads, and What’s New opens with a recall notice for the 3509 Super Truck.
- lycos.com – 2007Jun 16, 2007
Lycos in June 2007: “LYCOS MIX” for videos from YouTube, MySpace and Google Video, beside Lycos Cinema.
- mcdonalds.com – 2007Jun 18, 2007
Black McDonald's gateway with “Select Country/Market” (61 places in its code) and a Flash fallback in the code.
- microsoft.com – 2007Jun 16, 2007
A new header and “Add Live Search to your browser”.
- msn.com – 2007Jun 16, 2007
MSN.com in June 2007: “Hotmail has gone Live – Get it Now!” and a Week in Review photo box.
- nintendo.com – 2007Dec 15, 2007
Nintendo’s homepage in December 2007: Wii on the left, Nintendo DS on the right, Super Mario Galaxy and Wii Remote wrist strap details.
- nokia.com – 2007Jun 16, 2007
Nokia's June 2007 gateway: “Welcome to Nokia Worldwide”, Business Solutions, Phones and More, Corporate Information.
- nytimes.com – 2007Jun 15, 2007
NYTimes.com in June 2007: Continental Airlines ads beside the masthead and a video module.
- spacejam.com – 2007Jul 10, 2007
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 – 2007Jun 15, 2007
Guardian Unlimited in June 2007: the wider redesign with a bigger lead photograph and “Text larger | smaller” buttons; the vertical “network” is gone.
- walmart.com – 2007Jun 16, 2007
Walmart.com in June 2007: “GREAT VALUE, NEW PRODUCTS” with a request for Flash Player 7, and Site to Store shipping to a store.
- ebay.com – 2007Jun 16, 2007
eBay in June 2007: “Whatever it is... you can get it on eBay” and an eBay Live! Boston badge.
- amazon.com – 2007Nov 20, 2007
Kindle launch day: a letter from Jeff Bezos, and the new Shop All Departments menu.
- ask.com – 2007Jun 14, 2007
Ask.com in June 2007, the Ask3D home: a grey frame, a glossy logo and icons for Web, Images, City, News and Blogs.
- craigslist.org – 2007Jan 14, 2007
Craigslist’s San Francisco page in January 2007: “my account”, “lawsuit dismissed” and “for sale (136234)”.
- espn.com – 2007Jun 17, 2007
ESPN.com in June 2007: “Lying In Wait” from the U.S. Open; the banner slot at the top renders as a blank white rectangle.
- expedia.com – 2007Aug 7, 2007
A blue Expedia.com page with three tall panels and Expedia's own “Browser issue detected” notice.
- google.com – 2007Jun 15, 2007
Google in June 2007: a thin link bar across the top with Gmail, “more ▼” and “iGoogle | Sign in”.
- icq.com – 2007Jun 13, 2007
ICQ.com in June 2007: the green ribbon homepage announces “ICQ 6 is Here!” (member tiles blurred).
- ign.com – 2007Jun 13, 2007
IGN in June 2007: a Primeval feature, a film strip and Pick of the Week; the top menu still ends with Cars and Babes.
- ikea.com – 2007Jun 13, 2007
IKEA’s US homepage in June 2007: “A kitchen for every personality”, Ask Anna and a recall of jars of herring.
- newgrounds.com – 2007Sep 16, 2007
Newgrounds in September 2007, after the July redesign: site news and featured movies beneath a pink menu bar.
- playstation.com – 2007Jun 19, 2007
PlayStation Global in June 2007: a faint world map and a streak of light over “Select your Country / Region”.
- winamp.com – 2007Jun 14, 2007
Winamp homepage in 2007: an orange navigation strip and dark hero promote Winamp 5.35 above modular community and music panels.
- blogger.com – 2007Jun 13, 2007
Blogger keeps the cream signup panel with a Google Account sign-in header.
- napster.com – 2007Jan 2, 2007
Napster’s browser-listening page has releases, playlists, staff picks and a daily free download; some artwork is missing.
- netflix.com – 2007Jun 15, 2007
Red fills the page; envelopes on the coffee table.
- paypal.com – 2007Jun 14, 2007
PayPal in June 2007: the “Shop Without Sharing” banner, “See how PayPal works on your phone” and a U.S. English language menu.
- cnn.com – 2007Aug 2, 2007
A BREAKING NEWS label marks the bridge story; Video occupies the right column.
- deviantart.com – 2007Jun 12, 2007
deviantART’s homepage in June 2007: an art-first grid and 37,393,070 deviations
- runescape.com – 2007Feb 5, 2007
RuneScape in February 2007: 43,497 people playing, a members-only poll on combat styles, parchment news.
- habbo.com – 2007Jun 17, 2007
Habbo's 2007 homepage puts prepaid cards in the feature panel and classifieds below.
- miniclip.com – 2007Jun 22, 2007
Miniclip’s June 2007 homepage: white and cyan, Latest Games and Hot Games panels, Games, Toons and Ecards tabs, and a toolbar offer.
- wikipedia.org – 2007Jan 10, 2007
Wikipedia in January 2007: the globe portal, with English at “1 566 000+ articles” and striped bars over the groups of languages.
- addictinggames.com – 2007Jun 18, 2007
AddictingGames.com in June 2007: a lavender masthead, new games such as Stair Fall and the four-column catalogue.
- friendster.com – 2007Jan 1, 2007
Friendster keeps photo and member directories, with “Find”, “Connect” and “Stay in Touch” above them; private details are blurred.
- steampowered.com – 2007Jun 13, 2007
Steam’s homepage in June 2007: a dark catalog under a Dark Messiah of Might and Magic Flash banner, prices ending in .95.
- last.fm – 2007Jun 16, 2007
Last.fm explains scrobbling above member cards; their identifying details are blurred and their source avatars are missing.
- myspace.com – 2007Feb 6, 2007
Myspace in February 2007: “powered by Google” beside the search box and “41,030 uploaded today!” over Cool New Videos.
- skype.com – 2007Jun 16, 2007
Skype homepage: a photo collage, the Windows client and a green Download Skype button for version 3.2.0.163.
- tesla.com – 2007Jun 30, 2007
Tesla Roadster under “Changing Perceptions”, with a reservations pitch: “They’re Going Fast”.
- digg.com – 2007Jun 13, 2007
Digg in June 2007: “Upcoming Stories (8,149)”, an invitation ticker and a “Top 10 in All Topics” column.
- facebook.com – 2007Feb 1, 2007
Facebook in February 2007: “Facebook is a social utility” and three boxes, the first “Register” over “Everyone can join.”
- orkut.com – 2007Jun 10, 2007
Orkut's 2007 landing page spreads its faces into a wider row beside the Google Account box.
- clubpenguin.com – 2007Dec 14, 2007
Club Penguin’s homepage in December 2007: “Part of the Walt Disney Company” under the logo and a Coins for Change button marked NEW in the sidebar.
- etsy.com – 2007Jun 11, 2007
Etsy's “Ways to shop” rail with Treasury and Time Machine 2, and a $250 reward for finding an engineer.
- huffpost.com – 2007Mar 2, 2007
The Huffington Post in 2007: bigger green tabs including “FEARLESS VOICES”, and a motto dated “SINCE MAY 9th 2005”.
- linkedin.com – 2007Jun 17, 2007
LinkedIn in June 2007: “Relationships Matter” and 11 million professionals, with a long A to Z People Directory; part of the styling is missing.
- reddit.com – 2007Jun 14, 2007
Reddit in June 2007: the logo on an orange block, a “popular subreddits” box and a text-only list of links.
- roblox.com – 2007Jan 1, 2007
Roblox’s homepage on January 1, 2007: “ROBLOX Virtual Playworld”, brick battles with a slingshot and rocket, and “FREE - Download and Play!”.
- wordpress.com – 2007Jun 16, 2007
WordPress.com: our June 2007 capture shows a blog portal with a featured post, popular blogs and posts, and a tall tag column.
- youtube.com – 2007Mar 1, 2007
“Featured Videos selected by: YouTube Editors”, with Director Videos above and account links on the right.
- kongregate.com – 2007Dec 14, 2007
Kongregate's 2007 homepage: the public-beta homepage groups a featured game, a weekly challenge, new games and the highest-rated games. The archived header logo background is missing.
- spotify.com – 2007Jun 15, 2007
Spotify in June 2007: “Welcome to Spotify – a new music experience!”, a free, ad-funded promise and a “Sign me up!” box.
- twitter.com – 2007Mar 4, 2007
Twitter in March 2007: a turquoise background patterned with pale round birds and nine public updates stamped “from txt”, “from im”, “from web” or “from twitterrific” (updates blurred).
- zillow.com – 2007Jan 1, 2007
Zillow.com on January 1, 2007: “Discover, value, and sell 67,000,000+ homes”, with 15,181 homes for sale and 8,221 Make Me Move homes in the Snapshot box.
- airbnb.com – 2007Oct 11, 2007
First captureBare conference-guide links include “List your airbed”; images and styling are missing.
- dropbox.com – 2007Mar 9, 2007
First capturegetdropbox.com in March 2007: one paragraph, “We haven't launched yet”, and an e-mail box for news of the launch.
- tumblr.com – 2007Feb 3, 2007
First captureTumblr’s homepage in February 2007: “Tumblelogs are blogs with less fuss and more stuff”, three links and a strip of featured previews.
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