The homepages
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- adobe.com – 2010Nov 2, 2010
adobe.com in November 2010: “BECOME AN ACROBAT WIZARD!” for Acrobat X Pro, with an upgrade from US $199.00.
- altavista.com – 2010Jun 15, 2010
AltaVista in June 2010: the last blue-panel homepage capture in this story, its footer still dated “© 2007 Overture Services, Inc.”
- aol.com – 2010Jun 15, 2010
AOL.com in June 2010: the new Aol. wordmark over artwork, above the portal's top news.
- apple.com – 2010Jan 28, 2010
The day of the iPad: “magical and revolutionary”.
- bbc.co.uk – 2010Oct 15, 2010
The BBC homepage in October 2010: a red masthead, red box-heading text, a Spotlight on “The Real Istanbul” and “NEWS IN 32 LANGUAGES”.
- bestbuy.com – 2010Jun 16, 2010
Best Buy in June 2010: Products, Services, Shops & Deals and Gifts tabs over a blank banner area and This Week’s Deals.
- blizzard.com – 2010Jun 20, 2010
Diablo III leads Blizzard's blue layout; the news asks readers to “Join the Dominion”.
- disney.com – 2010Jun 15, 2010
disney.com in June 2010, the lite homepage: Mickey’s welcome sign, character worlds and an Alice in Wonderland DVD promotion.
- gamefaqs.com – 2010Jun 15, 2010
GameFAQs homepage: an E3 promotion leads the site updates, game rankings and daily poll beneath the wide blue masthead.
- gamespot.com – 2010Oct 15, 2010
GameSpot's 2010 homepage: The orange navigation remains while a lighter story feed and video rows refresh the page.
- hotmail.com – 2010Jun 16, 2010
Windows Live Hotmail sign-in: “The efficient way to do email” and three feature boxes.
- imdb.com – 2010Apr 8, 2010
A dark navigation bar and a large Dinner for Schmucks trailer image above the white news page.
- lego.com – 2010Jun 18, 2010
LEGO.com in June 2010: Design byME and LEGO Universe in the blue portal; the large Flash feature is empty in the replay.
- lycos.com – 2010Aug 17, 2010
Lycos on August 17, 2010: a white card on a blue page, with a standing dog and “Go get it!” in the logo.
- mcdonalds.com – 2010Jun 16, 2010
McDonald's U.S. homepage: “THE SIMPLE JOY OF BURGERS.” beside a red left-hand menu.
- microsoft.com – 2010Sep 16, 2010
Halo: Reach on top, 235 links in the code.
- msn.com – 2010Jun 1, 2010
MSN.com in June 2010 after the redesign: white space, colored section tabs, a thin gray logo and boxes that are blank in this capture.
- nintendo.com – 2010Jun 15, 2010
Nintendo’s homepage in June 2010: Super Mario Galaxy 2, a DSi XL with “100 Classic Books” and an Iwata Asks tile.
- nokia.com – 2010Jun 17, 2010
Nokia's June 2010 homepage: a strip of phones and Ovi “Free Navigation” above the green “Complete list of Nokia websites” bar.
- nytimes.com – 2010Jun 15, 2010
NYTimes.com in June 2010: The Weekender ad, a puppy selling home delivery at 50% off and the Gulf oil spill.
- theguardian.com – 2010Jun 15, 2010
guardian.co.uk in June 2010: “Consumer website of the year”, a World Cup tab in the menu and London at 19°C.
- walmart.com – 2010Jun 16, 2010
Walmart.com in June 2010: a game-day TV banner next to the department list and the spark logo.
- yahoo.com – 2010Jun 15, 2010
Yahoo in June 2010: a purple logo, My Favorites with Twitter and Facebook, and “'Touchdown Jesus' destroyed by lightning”.
- ea.com – 2010Jun 15, 2010
EA's homepage in purple for E3 2010, with a purple EA logo and the games counter at 0660.
- ebay.com – 2010Jun 15, 2010
eBay in June 2010: “My Recent Activities” with two viewed-item thumbnails, and “Free shipping on top picks”.
- nick.com – 2010Jun 16, 2010
Nick.com in June 2010: the white games-and-video portal asks for votes in the AddictingGames Showdown.
- amazon.com – 2010Jun 15, 2010
“Kindle: #1 Bestselling Product on Amazon”, and the new footer.
- ask.com – 2010Sep 2, 2010
Ask.com in September 2010: “What's an aglet?” as the Question of the Day, and “82% of users knew the answer.”
- craigslist.org – 2010Jun 10, 2010
Craigslist’s SF bay area page in June 2010: the same grid of category links as in 2008.
- espn.com – 2010Mar 3, 2010
ESPN.com in March 2010: “Bubble Trouble” under a player area that renders black in this capture.
- expedia.com – 2010Jun 15, 2010
Expedia's “Plan a Trip” box and a “Where you book matters.” note card with four checkmarks.
- google.com – 2010May 22, 2010
Google on May 22, 2010: the logo is a playable PAC-MAN maze for the game’s 30th birthday.
- icq.com – 2010Jun 16, 2010
ICQ.com in June 2010: ICQ 7, World Cup skins and the tab title “Communicate and find new friends on ICQ” (member posts blurred).
- ikea.com – 2010May 31, 2010
IKEA’s US homepage in May 2010: a blank Flash space at the top, a KARLSTAD sofa and a storage planner below.
- newgrounds.com – 2010Oct 16, 2010
Newgrounds in October 2010: a zombie game promotion and a to-do list ending with “Try out Flash Ads”.
- nike.com – 2010Mar 1, 2010
Nike's US homepage on a grass-field background; the NIKEiD tile is still second.
- playstation.com – 2010Jun 15, 2010
UK PlayStation homepage, June 2010: “Buy a PSPgo and get 10 free games worth over £200*” above games and news.
- winamp.com – 2010Jun 17, 2010
Winamp homepage in 2010: a white redesign promotes the Ultimate Media Player with large device imagery and an orange download button.
- blogger.com – 2010Sep 14, 2010
Blogger moves “Beautiful templates.” to the top of its benefits list.
- napster.com – 2010Jun 10, 2010
Napster’s music.napster.com page leads with a teal listening pitch and product demonstrations.
- netflix.com – 2010Jun 15, 2010
“Instantly streaming via your Wii console!” Streaming plus DVDs by mail.
- paypal.com – 2010Jun 16, 2010
PayPal in June 2010: “WELCOME TO PayPal”, a Group Gift banner with an iPad prize and a counter at 220,233,743 accounts.
- cnn.com – 2010Feb 1, 2010
The red header remains above a Pentagon story and Taylor Swift takes album of the year.
- deviantart.com – 2010Jun 14, 2010
deviantART’s homepage in June 2010: a deviantWEAR rail with a “Llama Llama” item and “Only 54 days until our tenth birthday!”
- runescape.com – 2010Jun 16, 2010
RuneScape's landing page lists Free to play, World's most popular free MMO and Play anywhere via your browser.
- habbo.com – 2010Sep 30, 2010
Habbo's black landing page pairs a hotel illustration with Join now for Free; the header wordmark is missing.
- miniclip.com – 2010Jun 14, 2010
Miniclip’s 2010 homepage: “Play Online Games”, a soccer feature, Facebook and Twitter buttons and an 8 Ball Pool tile.
- wikipedia.org – 2010Jan 9, 2010
Wikipedia in January 2010: the last capture here with the old globe, whose missing pieces show black.
- xbox.com – 2010Jun 13, 2010
Xbox.com in June 2010: a white Xbox 360 Arcade bundle with two free family games above games, entertainment and social tiles.
- addictinggames.com – 2010Jun 13, 2010
AddictingGames.com in June 2010: the black New Games box above a tabbed Top Games panel.
- friendster.com – 2010Jun 16, 2010
Friendster has a white handwritten wordmark on a green cloud, with colorful shapes around the login form.
- steampowered.com – 2010Jun 19, 2010
Steam’s store homepage in June 2010: EA Week deals and a “Community activity” box with 1,273,797 gamers online.
- last.fm – 2010Jun 16, 2010
Last.fm keeps its artist search on a dark blue panel above festival listings and free-download charts.
- myspace.com – 2010Nov 30, 2010
Myspace in November 2010: the my[ ] logo marked BETA, a dark grid of tiles and “3,157,440 people just shared what they’re into.”
- skype.com – 2010Jun 16, 2010
Skype homepage slideshow: “Talk face-to-face. Free video calls.”
- tesla.com – 2010Dec 4, 2010
Tesla’s pale redesign with the red T badge: “Roadster 2.5” and “See the new Roadster”.
- digg.com – 2010Jun 15, 2010
Digg in June 2010: a “Trending (beta)” box asks “Does this story belong on the homepage? Decide before time runs out!”
- facebook.com – 2010Feb 1, 2010
Facebook in February 2010: the world map and “Facebook helps you connect and share with the people in your life.”
- orkut.com – 2010Jan 10, 2010
Orkut's January 2010 landing page keeps the thin pink wordmark above the compact product pitch.
- clubpenguin.com – 2010Jun 16, 2010
Club Penguin’s homepage in June 2010: the Flash island with its penguins, a Play Now! button in the header and the five cards.
- etsy.com – 2010Jan 1, 2010
Etsy's handpicked items include an apple sweater for $7.75 and a dozen Pac-Man cookies for $18.99.
- huffpost.com – 2010Oct 2, 2010
The Huffington Post in 2010: a purple splash headline, “DON'T LEAVE YOUR HOME”, over a “BANK OWNED” sign.
- linkedin.com – 2010Jun 15, 2010
LinkedIn in June 2010: the signup form and three promises again, now “Over 65 million professionals”.
- reddit.com – 2010Jun 15, 2010
Reddit in June 2010: thumbnails beside some links and an alien-and-beer ad for an “E3 Expo/LA meetup!”.
- roblox.com – 2010Jun 17, 2010
Roblox’s homepage in June 2010: “The FREE online building game.”, a parents box and the featured game Mos Eisley CTF, visited 79,265 times.
- wordpress.com – 2010Jan 2, 2010
WordPress.com: our January 2010 capture shows Freshly Pressed as a multi-column grid of selected posts, with signup and blogging features in a right sidebar.
- youtube.com – 2010Oct 31, 2010
A Halloween ghost logo and an empty “Recommended for You” pitch above the category tiles.
- kongregate.com – 2010Dec 15, 2010
Kongregate's 2010 homepage: a large featured-game panel sits above new-game lists, ratings and contest rankings.
- spotify.com – 2010Jun 18, 2010
Spotify in June 2010: a green “Like to try Spotify?” banner, an invitation-code tile and an Offline mode switch set to ON.
- twitter.com – 2010Jun 15, 2010
Twitter in June 2010: “Discover what’s happening right now”, trending topics, a World Cup 2010 button and Top Tweets.
- zillow.com – 2010Oct 1, 2010
Zillow.com in October 2010: “All Homes: 99,744,758”, Minnesota mortgage rates and the $150 million Spelling Manor.
- airbnb.com – 2010Jul 1, 2010
“Travel like a human.”, a search form and 5,146 cities in 144 countries.
- dropbox.com – 2010Jun 19, 2010
Dropbox.com in June 2010: the play button, Download Dropbox and “Free for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Mobile”.
- tumblr.com – 2010Feb 8, 2010
Tumblr in February 2010: “The easiest way to blog.” over a single sign-up form and “See 24 reasons why you'll love Tumblr”.
- github.com – 2010Jun 14, 2010
GitHub in June 2010: “Unleash Your Code” and “Join 288,000 coders with over 903,000 repositories”.
- hulu.com – 2010Nov 2, 2010
Hulu’s homepage on November 2, 2010: episode and clip columns and an Election Day Coverage tile “brought to you by” Infiniti.
- stackoverflow.com – 2010Aug 29, 2010
Stack Overflow in August 2010: the list is now “Top Questions”, under an orange “Welcome to Q&A” strip.
- bing.com – 2010Jun 15, 2010
Bing in June 2010: the same grey panel, “New Office 2010 is here” and World Cup scores under Popular now; the photo is missing.
- minecraft.net – 2010Feb 3, 2010
Minecraft’s homepage in February 2010: the cobblestone wordmark beside “211 servers, 110822 registered, 4239 purchases.” and alpha news.
- soundcloud.com – 2010Jan 1, 2010
SoundCloud’s homepage on January 1, 2010: the same “We Move Music” headline over four tiles, Track Storage, Private Sharing, Stats-O-Rama and Arty Widgets; the video and header logo are missing in this replay.
- instagram.com – 2010Aug 24, 2010
First captureinstagr.am in August 2010: a camera logo and one paragraph, “Hello. Meet Instagram”, announcing a limited preview, rendered without its stylesheet.
- pinterest.com – 2010May 16, 2010
First capture“Curate and share the things you love.”: one early user at a time (“Evan, an architect…”) and a Request Invitation button.
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