The homepages
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- adobe.com – 2015Jun 16, 2015
adobe.com in June 2015: a full-width graffiti illustration and “Make it to MAX.” with early-bird savings.
- aol.com – 2015Jun 15, 2015
AOL in June 2015: a plain black Aol. logo and “Be the first to experience the new AOL.com”.
- apple.com – 2015Aug 7, 2015
The day after the Store tab went: a shopping bag, and product tiles.
- bbc.co.uk – 2015Jun 15, 2015
The BBC homepage in June 2015: a large Jeb Bush photo, with BBC America and BBC World News schedule boxes.
- bestbuy.com – 2015Jun 15, 2015
Best Buy in June 2015: “TOP DEALS FOR DAD” and “EXPERT SERVICE. UNBEATABLE PRICE.”
- blizzard.com – 2015Jun 15, 2015
Heroes of the Storm leads Blizzard's homepage: “prepare to go ham on the core”.
- disney.com – 2015Jun 15, 2015
disney.com in June 2015: a turquoise Phineas and Ferb slide, “The Best Platypus”, above games, characters and videos.
- gamefaqs.com – 2015Jun 16, 2015
GameFAQs homepage: an E3-marked update leads the homepage above game charts and the right-hand poll and GameSpot news.
- gamespot.com – 2015Jun 15, 2015
GameSpot's 2015 homepage: Bethesda E3 coverage leads above a conference schedule and rows of image-led stories.
- hotmail.com – 2015Jun 15, 2015
The “Outlook.com Mobile” panel stays beside the Outlook sign-in form.
- imdb.com – 2015Apr 1, 2015
Mad Men, Mad Max: Fury Road and Spy above editorial lists, news and showtimes.
- lego.com – 2015Jun 15, 2015
LEGO.com in June 2015: a Legends of Chima scene above a What’s New row.
- lycos.com – 2015Oct 1, 2015
Lycos in October 2015: rings and a wristband, and “Lycos has recently launched a suite of wearable devices”.
- mcdonalds.com – 2015Jun 16, 2015
McDonald's U.S. homepage: double cheeseburger and small fries “FOR JUST $2.50, SAVOR YOUR SUMMER.”
- microsoft.com – 2015Jun 16, 2015
A cart in the corner and a Store menu: 843 links, the most of any year.
- msn.com – 2015Jun 15, 2015
MSN.com in June 2015, the new MSN: the Services Stripe of Outlook.com, Skype, Office and more, and a carousel of headlines on black tiles.
- nintendo.com – 2015Jun 16, 2015
Nintendo’s homepage in June 2015: the New Nintendo 3DS XL with feature badges and “Have you seen it?”.
- nokia.com – 2015Jun 16, 2015
Nokia's homepage in June 2015: a giant NOKIA wordmark, networks, HERE maps, and phones that “now come from Microsoft”.
- nytimes.com – 2015Jun 15, 2015
NYTimes.com in June 2015: a cleaner layout with one row of sections, no ads beside the masthead and a Watching column.
- spacejam.com – 2015Jul 10, 2015
By July 2015 the Space Jam DVD page sits at warnerbros.com/archive/spacejam/, centered on a wide black page.
- theguardian.com – 2015Sep 2, 2015
theguardian.com in September 2015: the responsive redesign with a deep-blue masthead and story containers; the capture shows the US edition.
- walmart.com – 2015Jun 15, 2015
Walmart.com in June 2015: a white logo on a blue header and a rotating-banner slide, “COOL DOWN with hot savings”, air conditioners from $129.
- yahoo.com – 2015Jun 15, 2015
Yahoo in June 2015: a bigger hero photo, a Yahoo Food ad and “Upgrade to the new Firefox” in the top bar.
- ea.com – 2015Jun 16, 2015
EA's blue E3 2015 takeover, “Live to play”, with EA Access added to the menu.
- ebay.com – 2015Jun 16, 2015
eBay in June 2015: “eBay and PayPal will be separate companies soon.” and “LET VALETS DO THE SELLING FOR YOU”.
- nick.com – 2015Jun 16, 2015
Nick.com in June 2015, after the sideways redesign: an orange canvas with big cards running off the right edge.
- amazon.com – 2015Jul 15, 2015
The first Prime Day: “More deals than Black Friday.”
- ask.com – 2015Jun 16, 2015
Ask.com in June 2015: a beach photo behind the search box and “Why do schools have summer vacation?”
- cartoonnetwork.com – 2015Jun 15, 2015
Cartoon Network’s June 2015 homepage: the GAMES section led by Clarence in Blamburger.
- craigslist.org – 2015Jun 1, 2015
Craigslist’s SF bay area page in June 2015: the tab drops “classifieds for”, the footer says “© 2015 craigslist”.
- espn.com – 2015Jun 15, 2015
ESPN.com in June 2015, after the April rebuild: a white page, a thin black bar and a NOW column; video areas render as gray boxes.
- expedia.com – 2015Jun 16, 2015
A palm-tree photo under Expedia's “Member-only pricing” banner; the search form renders farther down, overlapping.
- google.com – 2015Apr 14, 2015
Google in April 2015: +You, Gmail, Images and an app grid at the top right, a microphone in the search box.
- icq.com – 2015Jun 16, 2015
ICQ.com in June 2015: a pale platform selector and one green download button for ICQ for Windows.
- ign.com – 2015Feb 2, 2015
IGN in February 2015: an Unfinished Business trailer leads the carousel above story cards and Top Stories.
- ikea.com – 2015Jun 1, 2015
IKEA’s US homepage in June 2015: “It’s time to move life outside” and “A STUDY IN STYLE”.
- newgrounds.com – 2015Sep 15, 2015
Newgrounds in September 2015: a “Castle Crashers Remastered” banner over the movie grid, framed by painted eyes.
- nike.com – 2015Sep 5, 2015
A black-and-white Nike Tech Pack and Tech Fleece campaign fills Nike's homepage.
- playstation.com – 2015Nov 20, 2015
US PlayStation homepage, November 2015: Star Wars Battlefront across the top, above “The Best Place to Play™” and the PS4.
- pokemon.com – 2015Jun 15, 2015
Pokémon.com in June 2015: Hoenn Gym Battles on Pokémon TV and the 2015 National Championships.
- winamp.com – 2015Jun 16, 2015
Winamp homepage in 2015: the homepage still displays the grayscale llama, coming-soon message and orange Get Winamp section in this capture.
- blogger.com – 2015Mar 15, 2015
Blogger’s archived entry route retains the Google email-and-password sign-in screen.
- napster.com – 2015Jun 15, 2015
Napster’s migration page puts a Rhapsody button over a dark wall of album tiles.
- netflix.com – 2015Dec 4, 2015
Same pitch, new photo.
- paypal.com – 2015Jun 16, 2015
PayPal in June 2015: “eBay and PayPal will be separate companies soon.” above “Pay securely. Here, there, anywhere.”
- cnn.com – 2015Mar 1, 2015
A small red CNN square and black navigation sit above This is our war and a large photo.
- deviantart.com – 2015Jun 15, 2015
DeviantArt’s homepage in June 2015: Undiscovered and Daily Deviations rows
- runescape.com – 2015Jun 16, 2015
RuneScape's panorama homepage with the headline “Join the world's largest free MMORPG game*”.
- miniclip.com – 2015Jun 15, 2015
Miniclip’s 2015 homepage: an Agar.io takeover, “IT’S CELL EAT CELL OUT THERE!”, and 8 Ball Pool first in the Top 10 Web Games.
- wikipedia.org – 2015Jun 16, 2015
Wikipedia in June 2015: the portal with language slogans and the old search box, English at “4 853 000+ articles”.
- xbox.com – 2015Jun 15, 2015
Xbox.com in June 2015: a dark “Xbox at E3 2015” panel for the briefing and Xbox Daily.
- addictinggames.com – 2015Jun 15, 2015
AddictingGames.com in June 2015: a dense black game mosaic, the logo without the Nickelodeon wordmark.
- friendster.com – 2015Jun 15, 2015
Friendster replaces its games portal with a yellow “Taking A Break” announcement.
- steampowered.com – 2015Jun 16, 2015
Steam’s homepage in June 2015: the Monster Summer Sale, a grid of Daily Deals with their discounts.
- last.fm – 2015Jun 15, 2015
Last.fm’s pre-redesign homepage keeps the headphones above a grid including Florence + the Machine.
- myspace.com – 2015Feb 1, 2015
Myspace in February 2015: the magazine cover “Remembering the Bud Bowl and Its Lasting (Really) Pop Culture Legacy”.
- skype.com – 2015Jun 16, 2015
Skype homepage: “Skype keeps the world talking”, Download Skype and “Launch Skype for Web Beta”.
- tesla.com – 2015Jan 15, 2015
A Tesla Model S across the full screen: “Introducing Autopilot and Dual Motor All Wheel Drive”.
- digg.com – 2015Jun 16, 2015
Digg in June 2015: a single lead story about Lyme disease, a “Digg Deeper” box and cards below.
- facebook.com – 2015Feb 1, 2015
Facebook in February 2015: the flat sign-up page with News Feed, Timeline and Graph Search lines.
- orkut.com – 2015May 12, 2015
Orkut's 2015 Community Archive landing page preserves the alphabet and public-community introduction.
- clubpenguin.com – 2015Jun 16, 2015
Club Penguin’s homepage in June 2015: “Welcome to Club Penguin” over penguins and puffles, a Watch the Video button and a yellow PLAY NOW! button.
- etsy.com – 2015Jun 16, 2015
Etsy's hero “Shop directly from people around the world.”, credited to Carly and Aubree Ng of a leather shop.
- huffpost.com – 2015Jul 18, 2015
The Huffington Post on July 18, 2015, the day after it said it would cover Trump in Entertainment: Trump stories near the top, tagged “Elections 2016”.
- linkedin.com – 2015Jun 15, 2015
LinkedIn in June 2015: the six-headshot signup layout from 2014, with changed footer links.
- reddit.com – 2015Jun 15, 2015
Reddit in June 2015: a blue “subscribe to our newsletter” bar above the familiar list of links.
- roblox.com – 2015Jan 2, 2015
Roblox’s homepage on January 2, 2015: a red roller coaster from the game ROBLOX Point by StarMarine614, “You Make the Game” and “Sign up and start having fun!”.
- wordpress.com – 2015Jun 16, 2015
WordPress.com: the concert hero gets a blue tint, a single Create Website button, and three feature summaries below.
- youtube.com – 2015Dec 1, 2015
A dense stack of channel and category shelves; Ad Solutions and ABC News include grey thumbnail rows in this replay.
- kongregate.com – 2015Jun 16, 2015
Kongregate's 2015 homepage: a wide Collateral Damage promotion leads a homepage built from large game-thumbnail grids.
- spotify.com – 2015Jun 1, 2015
Spotify’s US page in June 2015: “Get 3 months of Premium for $0.99.” over an orange two-tone photo.
- twitter.com – 2015Jun 16, 2015
Twitter in June 2015: “See what’s happening right now.” over 18 category tiles, from Cute Animals to High-End Fashion Labels.
- zillow.com – 2015Jun 15, 2015
Zillow.com in June 2015: an aerial photo of a suburb with a price tag on almost every roof, under “Find your way home”.
- airbnb.com – 2015May 31, 2015
“WELCOME HOME”, 190+ countries and community portraits.
- dropbox.com – 2015Jun 15, 2015
Dropbox.com in June 2015: a hand-drawn laptop in front of an orange sun, “Good things happen when your stuff lives here” and a sign-up form.
- tumblr.com – 2015Feb 1, 2015
Tumblr in February 2015: a beach photo behind the sign-up box, “221.3 million blogs” on the counter and a green “What is Tumblr?” bar.
- github.com – 2015Jun 15, 2015
GitHub in June 2015: the dark header and a blue banner for teams “in the Microsoft stack”, about Visual Studio and Azure.
- hulu.com – 2015Jun 16, 2015
Hulu’s homepage in June 2015: a “Sing it On” slide with a grey background in this replay, under a tab titled “Watch TV and movies on Xbox, PS3, Apple TV, and more”.
- stackoverflow.com – 2015Jun 15, 2015
Stack Overflow in June 2015: the three-step how-it-works box above the list, with a smaller logo.
- bing.com – 2015Jun 15, 2015
Bing in June 2015: Owens Lake in California from above, with a strip of story thumbnails along the bottom.
- minecraft.net – 2015Jun 15, 2015
Minecraft’s homepage in June 2015: the dark layout with 19,840,247 PC/Mac buyers and editions up to Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Vita.
- soundcloud.com – 2015Jun 1, 2015
SoundCloud’s homepage in June 2015: a full-width photo of dancers, “Hear the world’s sounds”, and the white cloud logo beside the wordmark.
- instagram.com – 2015Jun 15, 2015
Instagram.com in June 2015: a dark blue header, a flat white wordmark and a phone camera pointed at a sunlit forest.
- pinterest.com – 2015Mar 1, 2015
“They used Pinterest to plan a dream trip”: 30+ billion Pins, 15 seconds to sign up.
- twitch.tv – 2015Feb 2, 2015
Twitch.tv in February 2015: Super Smash Bros. Melee tops Featured Games with 116,009 viewers.
- discord.com – 2015Jun 27, 2015
First captureDiscord's launch homepage: “It's time to ditch Skype and TeamSpeak. Discord is here.” and a comparison table with Curse Voice, TeamSpeak and Skype.
- openai.com – 2015Dec 11, 2015
First captureopenai.com on December 11, 2015, launch day: the homepage redirects to the blog post “Introducing OpenAI”, which calls OpenAI “a non-profit artificial intelligence research company.”
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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