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- adobe.com – 2008Oct 31, 2008
adobe.com in October 2008: Creative Suite 4 boxes glowing on a dark page above the product catalog.
- altavista.com – 2008Jun 16, 2008
AltaVista in June 2008: the unchanged blue search form, its footer still reading “© 2007 Overture Services, Inc.”
- aol.com – 2008Jun 18, 2008
AOL.com in June 2008: search first, a column of AOL services and a rotating story box.
- apple.com – 2008Jun 5, 2008
iMac: “More power. Thinly disguised.”
- bbc.co.uk – 2008Jun 15, 2008
The BBC homepage in June 2008: a blue masthead with an analogue clock, editable boxes and “Customise your homepage”.
- bestbuy.com – 2008Jun 17, 2008
Best Buy in June 2008: a tabbed blue header over a blank banner area, and the Outlet Center below.
- blizzard.com – 2008May 16, 2008
Blizzard's black layout in May 2008: BlizzCon 2008 “with 50% more hall space” and blank thumbnails.
- disney.com – 2008Jun 17, 2008
disney.com in June 2008, the lite homepage: Mickey next to “Welcome to Disney.com”, Play Games Now and a WALL-E boutique.
- gamefaqs.com – 2008Jul 5, 2008
GameFAQs homepage: the GameSpot-branded blue masthead and search bar sit above site updates, ranked games and a large right-column promotion.
- gamespot.com – 2008Jun 14, 2008
GameSpot's 2008 homepage: Metal Gear Solid 4 leads the dark portal above rows of reviews, video and community features.
- geocities.com – 2008Jun 11, 2008
Yahoo! GeoCities: a price table with 500MB for Plus, 2,000MB for Pro and Unlimited for Yahoo Web Hosting.
- imdb.com – 2008Apr 1, 2008
The text-heavy portal continues, with a collaborative FAQ feature and a TV schedule.
- lego.com – 2008Jun 12, 2008
LEGO.com in June 2008: the Club panel is now called Play; the large Flash feature is empty in the replay.
- lycos.com – 2008Jan 2, 2008
Lycos on January 2, 2008: a Santa hat on the logo's dog, “Happy New Year!” and Lycos Cinema's holiday films.
- microsoft.com – 2008Jun 12, 2008
“Experience this in Silverlight. Download the plug-in.”
- msn.com – 2008Jun 15, 2008
MSN.com in June 2008: “What I Learned From My Dad”, “How well can you spell?” and an Election 2008 category.
- nintendo.com – 2008Jun 16, 2008
Nintendo’s homepage in June 2008: Wii Fit, “How will it move you?”, Guitar Hero On Tour and a Character Lapel Pin Recall notice.
- nytimes.com – 2008Jun 16, 2008
NYTimes.com in June 2008: Movado ads on both sides of the masthead and a lead story on Midwest floods.
- spacejam.com – 2008May 28, 2008
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 – 2008Jun 15, 2008
guardian.co.uk in June 2008: the new wordmark replaces Guardian Unlimited above a wider, picture-led news grid and “Website of the year”.
- walmart.com – 2008Jun 13, 2008
Walmart.com in June 2008: the WAL★MART logo with “Save money. Live better.” and a counter of what Wal-Mart said it had saved families, $129,238,400,048.94.
- ebay.com – 2008Jun 12, 2008
eBay in June 2008: a Welcome panel with Sign In and Register, “Don't just shop. Win!” and “ENDING NOW!”.
- amazon.com – 2008Feb 1, 2008
“What Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?”
- ask.com – 2008Jun 15, 2008
Ask.com in June 2008: “It's Father's Day! Celebrate the ties that bind.” beside a pile of ties, and an AskEraser link.
- craigslist.org – 2008Aug 6, 2008
Craigslist’s SF bay area page in August 2008: a plain blue wordmark, no counters, three columns of categories.
- espn.com – 2008Feb 18, 2008
ESPN.com in February 2008: “Advanced Warning” on a black page that asks “Thoughts on our front page changes?”
- expedia.com – 2008Jun 16, 2008
Expedia without the .com: a vacation sale and Indiana Jones Travel Experiences.
- google.com – 2008Apr 9, 2008
Google in April 2008: Shopping in the top bar, then the logo, the search box and three footer links.
- icq.com – 2008Jun 15, 2008
ICQ.com in June 2008: green tiles on a blue background, “Feeling lonely? You don’t have to!” and a multilingual blog tag cloud (member posts blurred).
- ign.com – 2008Jun 18, 2008
IGN in June 2008: a “Celebrating 10 years” masthead under a network bar with AskMen.com, Rotten Tomatoes and GameSpy.
- ikea.com – 2008Apr 23, 2008
IKEA’s US homepage in April 2008: the Flash animation at the top didn’t replay, leaving a blank space and a black “news” banner.
- newgrounds.com – 2008Jun 15, 2008
Newgrounds in June 2008: site news and featured movies in the 2007 frame, under the Flash Portal menu bar.
- nike.com – 2008Nov 11, 2008
Nike's US homepage: nine tiles, NIKEiD “Customize Yours” second, beneath a blank Flash area.
- playstation.com – 2008Jun 16, 2008
PlayStation Global in June 2008: the blue world-map gateway with a streak of light and a row of regions.
- winamp.com – 2008Jun 15, 2008
Winamp homepage in 2008: a dark gray hero promotes Winamp 5.53 with a larger player screenshot and a list of features.
- blogger.com – 2008Jun 5, 2008
Blogger’s three-step signup and illustrated blog tour remain in the cream panel.
- netflix.com – 2008Jun 13, 2008
“Plans from only $4.99.”
- paypal.com – 2008Oct 1, 2008
PayPal in October 2008: a logo without its outline, a grey login box, Pay online and Get paid online, and a blank panel where the Flash banner does not render.
- cnn.com – 2008Nov 5, 2008
This is your victory sits above an Obama photograph; Video stays on the right.
- deviantart.com – 2008Jun 16, 2008
deviantART’s homepage in June 2008: the art-first grid and 58,502,736 deviations
- miniclip.com – 2008Jun 18, 2008
Miniclip’s 2008 homepage: “Play Free Games” under the wordmark, illustrated category rows and Club Penguin first in the Top Ten.
- wikipedia.org – 2008Jan 11, 2008
Wikipedia in January 2008: the globe portal, with English at “2 168 000+ articles” and Polski at “458 000+ haseł”.
- addictinggames.com – 2008Jun 4, 2008
AddictingGames.com in June 2008: a narrower blue-backed page with a black New Games panel and an advertising column.
- friendster.com – 2008Jun 11, 2008
“Apps on Friendster” sits above photo and people directories; private member details are blurred.
- steampowered.com – 2008Dec 1, 2008
store.steampowered.com in December 2008: a three-column store with genres, publisher catalogs and a Titan Quest Gold deal at $9.99.
- last.fm – 2008Jun 15, 2008
Last.fm’s “Your music is here” panel promotes full tracks within a colorful festival background; private listener cards are blurred.
- myspace.com – 2008Feb 5, 2008
Myspace in February 2008: the homepage wrapped in a vitaminwater ad with Shaq, “try it... it works for shaq”.
- skype.com – 2008Jun 16, 2008
Skype homepage: a cyan photo hero, calls free to other Skype users and cheap to phones.
- tesla.com – 2008Jul 3, 2008
Tesla Roadster “Now in Production”: 0 to 60 mph in 3.9 seconds, 220 miles per charge, plus news and awards boxes.
- digg.com – 2008Jun 18, 2008
Digg in June 2008: a blue logo bar over green tabs for News, Videos, Images and Podcasts.
- facebook.com – 2008Jul 30, 2008
Facebook in July 2008: a rectangular blue logo, four uses with icons and a sign-up form, “It’s free and anyone can join.”
- orkut.com – 2008Sep 6, 2008
Orkut's 2008 landing page puts a large pink wordmark above Connect, Discover and Share.
- clubpenguin.com – 2008May 28, 2008
Club Penguin’s homepage in May 2008: a wide snowy island with penguins above five cards, from Fun Stuff to Parents, and the Disney name above the logo.
- etsy.com – 2008Jul 8, 2008
Etsy adds Pounce, Shop Local and Gift Guides to its rail: nine ways to shop.
- huffpost.com – 2008Mar 2, 2008
The Huffington Post in 2008: a green serif masthead with the line “THE INTERNET NEWSPAPER: NEWS BLOGS VIDEO COMMUNITY”.
- linkedin.com – 2008Jun 16, 2008
LinkedIn in June 2008: “LinkedIn brings together your professional network”, with tiles to find people from your company or school.
- reddit.com – 2008Jun 18, 2008
Reddit in June 2008: a “Customize your reddit” checklist of communities and “We've open sourced reddit!” at the top.
- roblox.com – 2008Jun 16, 2008
Roblox’s homepage in June 2008: an outlined wordmark, the Virtual Playworld pitch, a row of Cool Places and a footer disclaimer that ends “ARrrr!”.
- wordpress.com – 2008Jun 13, 2008
WordPress.com: a pale-yellow Express yourself. Start a blog banner sits above featured posts, blog recommendations, and tags.
- youtube.com – 2008Jun 16, 2008
“Promoted Videos” above a featured list that includes “Fred on Father’s Day”.
- twitter.com – 2008Jun 18, 2008
Twitter in June 2008: “What is Twitter?” with a bird on a branch, a green Get Started button and three press quotes.
- airbnb.com – 2008Aug 1, 2008
AirBed & Breakfast, “Forget hotels.”, and 120 cities in 20 countries.
- dropbox.com – 2008Feb 5, 2008
getdropbox.com in February 2008: “Storage made simple.”, “No more e-mail attachments or USB drives.” and a beta sign-up box.
- tumblr.com – 2008Nov 2, 2008
Tumblr in November 2008: a white “tumblr.” wordmark, a “Create your tumblelog” form and a white panel where a Flash slideshow of featured tumblelogs played.
- github.com – 2008Jun 18, 2008
First captureGitHub’s homepage in June 2008, rendered largely unstyled: text under “git repository hosting” and “no longer a pain in the ass”, and a “Sign up now!” button.
- hulu.com – 2008Jan 1, 2008
First capturehulu.com on January 1, 2008: a sign-up form for the Hulu private beta, “currently limited to users in the U.S.”, framed by strips of show pictures.
- stackoverflow.com – 2008Jul 3, 2008
First captureStack Overflow in July 2008, before launch: a “then a miracle occurs” cartoon and a link to the podcast.
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