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- adobe.com – 2011Jun 15, 2011
adobe.com in June 2011: Creative Suite 5.5 Master Collection and “New CS subscription editions” from US $129.00 per month.
- altavista.com – 2011Jun 15, 2011
AltaVista in June 2011 as a Yahoo search page: a small AltaVista logo over a long search field, a yellow Search button and “© 2011 Yahoo!”
- aol.com – 2011Jun 16, 2011
AOL.com in June 2011: the Aol. logo on colored squares and photo headlines in the center.
- apple.com – 2011Oct 7, 2011
“Steve Jobs 1955–2011”, and nothing else.
- bbc.co.uk – 2011Jun 15, 2011
The BBC homepage in June 2011: a “Top News story” carousel with arrows, Spotlight and Most Popular in News.
- bestbuy.com – 2011Jun 15, 2011
Best Buy in June 2011: “MAKE YOUR SUMMER SHINE” above an empty box with a Loading spinner.
- blizzard.com – 2011Jun 15, 2011
A BlizzCon hero on Blizzard's homepage, with news of the company's twentieth anniversary video contest.
- disney.com – 2011Jun 14, 2011
disney.com in June 2011: a Cars 2 stage around a video player that is blank in this replay, Listen Now, Play Now, Create Now and Disney For You tiles.
- gamefaqs.com – 2011Jun 15, 2011
GameFAQs homepage: the centered white page pairs updates and two game charts with GameSpot news and the poll.
- gamespot.com – 2011Oct 14, 2011
GameSpot's 2011 homepage: A light news feed sits beneath a grey header; empty advertising slots are collapsed. Some lead media is missing in this capture.
- hotmail.com – 2011Jun 16, 2011
Hotmail with an orange envelope beside the Windows Live sign-in form, June 2011.
- imdb.com – 2011Apr 1, 2011
The Hangover: Part II leads the trailer carousel; a new Your Watchlist link sits in the header.
- lego.com – 2011Jun 15, 2011
LEGO.com in June 2011: a white portal over an ocean scene, with Products, Games, Create & Share and Shop in the menu.
- lycos.com – 2011Jun 16, 2011
Lycos in June 2011: the blue page again, with a Featured Tripod Member Website and the latest news.
- mcdonalds.com – 2011Jun 15, 2011
McDonald's U.S. homepage: the orange McNuggets Saucy Challenge with six dipping sauces.
- microsoft.com – 2011Jun 16, 2011
The tab lists “Software, Smartphones, Online, Games, Cloud Computing…”, and a feedback box.
- msn.com – 2011Jun 16, 2011
MSN.com in June 2011: a white header with Bing search, a blue section bar and “The Two Men Who Protected bin Laden”.
- nintendo.com – 2011Nov 3, 2011
Nintendo’s US homepage in November 2011: a Flame Red Nintendo 3DS at $169.99 MSRP above Wii, 3DS and DS prices.
- nokia.com – 2011Jun 15, 2011
Nokia's June 2011 homepage: the green country gateway, with five online stores commented out of its code.
- nytimes.com – 2011Jun 16, 2011
NYTimes.com in June 2011, after the paywall launch: the same print ads around the masthead.
- spacejam.com – 2011May 24, 2011
Months after the 1996 Space Jam site went viral, spacejam.com still leads to the purple DVD page with a 2003 copyright.
- theguardian.com – 2011Jun 15, 2011
guardian.co.uk in June 2011: a broad photograph beside the story list, with multimedia and features down the right.
- walmart.com – 2011Jun 16, 2011
Walmart.com in June 2011: “Have More Summer Fun for Less” over pool and patio pictures.
- yahoo.com – 2011Jun 16, 2011
Yahoo in June 2011: “The perils of drinking soda every day”, Trending Now and a Yahoo! Toolbar ad.
- ea.com – 2011Jun 15, 2011
EA's homepage with Alice: Madness Returns filling the background and “Shop at Origin” in the menu.
- ebay.com – 2011Jun 16, 2011
eBay in June 2011: “For every SUPERDAD there's a SUPER GIFT”, a #1 DAD rosette and Trends on eBay.
- nick.com – 2011Jun 16, 2011
Nick.com in June 2011: SpongeBob and “NEW ANIMATION” inside a Zookeeper ad that wraps the page.
- amazon.com – 2011Sep 29, 2011
Kindle Fire launch: “There are two types of companies…”
- ask.com – 2011Jun 15, 2011
Ask.com in June 2011: a plain search page again, “web, images and videos.”, with Themes under the box.
- craigslist.org – 2011May 31, 2011
Craigslist’s SF bay area page in May 2011: the grid now sits in the middle of a wide window, wordmark above the left column.
- espn.com – 2011Jun 18, 2011
ESPN.com in June 2011: EDITIONS and CITIES links, “LIVE NOW” in the header and Rory McIlroy at the U.S. Open.
- expedia.com – 2011Jun 16, 2011
“Where you book matters.” heads Expedia's search panel, beside a Groupon sign-up and San Francisco hotel deals.
- google.com – 2011Apr 11, 2011
Google in April 2011: the lighter logo from the 2010 refresh above the search box.
- icq.com – 2011Jun 15, 2011
ICQ.com in June 2011: a green banner for audio and video calls above desktop, web and mobile downloads.
- ign.com – 2011Oct 2, 2011
IGN in October 2011: a Dark Souls review leads the red-and-white page above story thumbnails and Top Stories.
- ikea.com – 2011Jun 2, 2011
IKEA’s US homepage in June 2011: a blank Flash space, an iPhone catalog app and a printable shopping list.
- newgrounds.com – 2011Mar 15, 2011
Newgrounds in March 2011: the menu starts Flash Portal, Audio Portal, Art, our last selected capture with Flash in the menu.
- nike.com – 2011Sep 4, 2011
Nike's US tiles: NikeStore, NIKEiD and Nike+ Running on top; the Flash feature is missing.
- playstation.com – 2011Jun 15, 2011
UK PlayStation homepage, June 2011: a Nissan Juke advert in the top slot above PS3 news and a PlayStation Network panel.
- winamp.com – 2011Jun 15, 2011
Winamp homepage in 2011: the white homepage pairs the desktop media library with the Android player and a right-hand social column.
- blogger.com – 2011Jun 23, 2011
Blogger shows template previews, statistics and AdSense beside Google Account sign-in.
- napster.com – 2011Jun 12, 2011
Napster’s music page puts artist portraits above listening, devices and subscription-plan sections.
- netflix.com – 2011Jun 1, 2011
Streaming only: “For only $7.99 a month.”
- paypal.com – 2011Feb 1, 2011
PayPal in February 2011: “Save even more at your favorite stores” and “87.2 million people worldwide using PayPal”.
- cnn.com – 2011Jun 2, 2011
Two lead pictures: tornado damage and Fleeing Africa: Trek from war, poverty.
- deviantart.com – 2011Jun 16, 2011
deviantART’s homepage in June 2011: a pale green art grid with a category list and caption rows
- runescape.com – 2011Dec 1, 2011
RuneScape's redesigned site: sword-in-the-S wordmark, a demon against the moon, Play Now Free, 42,516 players online.
- miniclip.com – 2011Jun 15, 2011
Miniclip’s 2011 homepage: a dense portal with iPhone and Android links; 8 Ball Multiplayer appears in its game lists.
- wikipedia.org – 2011Jan 1, 2011
Wikipedia in January 2011: the globe redrawn in 3D, with English at “3 514 000+ articles”.
- xbox.com – 2011Jun 15, 2011
Xbox.com in June 2011, after the 2010 rebuild: a white page with a green sweep and a Call of Duty ELITE trailer.
- addictinggames.com – 2011Jun 16, 2011
AddictingGames.com in June 2011: a tall New Games panel, featured titles and tabbed lists on blue.
- friendster.com – 2011Jun 16, 2011
Friendster removes the colorful surround while its join panel describes a social gaming destination.
- steampowered.com – 2011Dec 2, 2011
Steam’s store homepage in December 2011: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, a Daily Wishlist Giveaway banner, a Brink free weekend and 2,277,771 gamers online.
- last.fm – 2011Jun 15, 2011
Last.fm puts a phone and a music profile beside its signup pitch; private listener details are blurred below.
- myspace.com – 2011Feb 1, 2011
Myspace in February 2011: the same dark grid, a counter at 2,366,085 and a Login box offering Connect with Facebook.
- skype.com – 2011Sep 15, 2011
Skype homepage: “Discover Skype on the iPad”; the hero artwork is blank in this capture.
- tesla.com – 2011Jul 2, 2011
A black Tesla Model S prototype: “The First of Their Kind”, above company news and a newsletter box.
- digg.com – 2011Jun 15, 2011
Digg v4 in June 2011: “My News” and “Top News” tabs, thumbnails, and “Save” and “Bury” under each story.
- facebook.com – 2011Mar 1, 2011
Facebook in March 2011: the world map, with “It’s free and always will be.” above the sign-up form.
- orkut.com – 2011Nov 16, 2011
Orkut's November 2011 landing page has the bold magenta logo and colorful illustrations on white.
- clubpenguin.com – 2011Jan 2, 2011
Club Penguin’s homepage on January 2, 2011: the snowy island and the five cards, the last island homepage in our captures.
- etsy.com – 2011Jun 1, 2011
A lighter Etsy layout: Categories on the left, Handpicked Items and a Featured Seller.
- huffpost.com – 2011Feb 8, 2011
The Huffington Post on February 8, 2011, the day after AOL announced its acquisition agreement: an Egypt splash and two rows of sections, one of them Divorce.
- linkedin.com – 2011Jun 15, 2011
LinkedIn in June 2011: “Over 100 million professionals”, under the browser title “World's Largest Professional Network”.
- reddit.com – 2011Jun 15, 2011
Reddit in June 2011: “the voice of the internet” in the tab, a “Shut Up And Take My Money!” ad and a game ad, “MEME INVADERS”.
- roblox.com – 2011Jun 16, 2011
Roblox’s homepage in June 2011: a masthead full of cartoon characters, a green Play Now circle and the featured game ROBLOX City.
- wordpress.com – 2011Jun 15, 2011
WordPress.com pairs an orange signup button with Freshly Pressed; three post thumbnails and the footer emblem are blank in this capture.
- youtube.com – 2011Jun 15, 2011
Category blocks fill the center; sections labeled “Trends” and “Featured” remain in the right column.
- spotify.com – 2011Jun 15, 2011
Spotify in June 2011: a green “Listen to music” slide, “Get Spotify today. It’s free!” and a row of new releases.
- twitter.com – 2011Jun 16, 2011
Twitter in June 2011: “Follow your interests” over a strip of celebrity and brand avatars, with the wordmark and a small bird.
- zillow.com – 2011Jun 15, 2011
Zillow.com in June 2011: Find Homes next to Find Mortgage Rates on a pale blue page, with an iPhone app promo.
- airbnb.com – 2011Mar 14, 2011
9,421 cities in 173 countries; the flip counter celebrates 1,000,000 nights booked.
- dropbox.com – 2011Jun 16, 2011
Dropbox.com in June 2011, titled “Simplify your life”: the same play button and Download Dropbox button.
- tumblr.com – 2011Feb 1, 2011
Tumblr in February 2011: a big “tumblr.” wordmark over three phones, a one-row sign-up form and “30 reasons you'll love Tumblr”.
- github.com – 2011Jun 15, 2011
GitHub in June 2011: a banner counting “817,925 people hosting over 2,271,206 git repositories” and dictionary entries for git and git·hub.
- hulu.com – 2011Mar 1, 2011
Hulu’s homepage in March 2011: a Hulu Plus banner, “More TV. On more devices. Try it FREE for 1 week.”, above the free episode columns.
- stackoverflow.com – 2011May 28, 2011
Stack Overflow in May 2011: “Top Questions” with an “interesting” tab and blog, chat and meta links on top.
- bing.com – 2011Oct 1, 2011
Bing in October 2011: Web, Images, Videos, News and More move above the search box; the photo is missing.
- minecraft.net – 2011Jun 16, 2011
Minecraft’s homepage in June 2011: a dark page with a trailer box (black in the archive), Steve, a pig and a sheep, an orange Buy Now! button and 2,528,126 buyers.
- soundcloud.com – 2011Jun 1, 2011
SoundCloud’s homepage in June 2011, “Your Sound, At the Heart”: an embedded waveform player with timed comments (commenters’ pictures blurred) above How it works.
- instagram.com – 2011Jan 1, 2011
instagr.am on January 1, 2011: a brown header, an iPhone with a free-download starburst, an App Store button and “Oh yeah, did we mention it’s free?”
- pinterest.com – 2011Feb 2, 2011
Everyone's pins, open to anyone, under “Request an Invite »” and a dictionary entry for re·Pin.
- twitch.tv – 2011Sep 15, 2011
First captureTwitch.tv in September 2011: “Better than real sports” over a list of game streams; the replay appears unstyled.
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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