The homepages
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- adobe.com – 2018Jun 16, 2018
adobe.com in June 2018: a bear on a small tricycle and “Everyone’s got a dream. Bring yours to life.”
- aol.com – 2018Oct 16, 2018
AOL in October 2018: “Stay in the loop!” bar, left menu and lead slider.
- apple.com – 2018Jun 2, 2018
iPhone X: “Say hello to the future.”
- bbc.co.uk – 2018Jun 16, 2018
“Welcome to the BBC” in June 2018: “Customise your Homepage” and a sign-in line for weather and local news; many photos lower down are gray boxes.
- bestbuy.com – 2018Jun 16, 2018
Best Buy in June 2018: the new logo with the name outside the yellow tag, and an E3 banner, “Bring home the hype.”
- blizzard.com – 2018Jun 15, 2018
Blizzard's wide carousel at www.blizzard.com: Hearthstone's “Something wicked this way comes”; the header logo doesn't load.
- disney.com – 2018Jun 16, 2018
disney.com in June 2018: an Incredibles 2 banner above a Shop Incredibles row with prices; the unavailable video module is folded away.
- gamefaqs.com – 2018Jun 15, 2018
GameFAQs homepage: the homepage now lives at gamefaqs.gamespot.com while retaining featured content, game charts and the daily poll.
- gamespot.com – 2018Jun 15, 2018
GameSpot's 2018 homepage: An E3 2018 hero, conference navigation and a bright highlights banner organize the page.
- hotmail.com – 2018Jun 16, 2018
Outlook.com: “Effortless email and calendar” among bright floating shapes.
- imdb.com – 2018Apr 1, 2018
Westworld and two film trailers open above a list of renewed and canceled TV shows.
- lego.com – 2018Jun 16, 2018
LEGO.com in June 2018: a Solo: A Star Wars Story scene, with Shop first in the menu.
- lycos.com – 2018Jun 16, 2018
Lycos in June 2018: a black-and-white New York skyline with the Statue of Liberty behind the search box.
- microsoft.com – 2018Jun 15, 2018
Xbox Game Pass and the Xbox Adaptive Controller.
- msn.com – 2018Nov 1, 2018
MSN.com in November 2018: “powered by Microsoft News”, weather for Longmont and a blue “Make MSN my homepage”.
- nintendo.com – 2018Jun 15, 2018
Nintendo’s homepage in June 2018: a red E3 stage, “News from Nintendo at E3”, above sale cards.
- nokia.com – 2018Jun 15, 2018
Nokia's homepage in June 2018: the Nokia 3.1, “Your premium companion”, and “Nokia sells digital health business to Withings co-founder”.
- nytimes.com – 2018Jun 16, 2018
NYTimes.com in June 2018: a lead about tariffs and a large family photo in the middle column.
- spacejam.com – 2018Jun 14, 2018
The 1996 Space Jam starfield of planet links, still at warnerbros.com/archive/spacejam.
- theguardian.com – 2018May 2, 2018
theguardian.com in May 2018: The Guardian in black on two lines, five colored sections and “Make a contribution” in a black circle.
- walmart.com – 2018Mar 15, 2018
Walmart.com in March 2018: “FREE 2-Day Shipping | No membership fee!” over a Samsung 4K TV slide.
- yahoo.com – 2018Jun 15, 2018
Yahoo in June 2018: a World Cup tab and a Spain–Portugal 3–3 scoreboard.
- ea.com – 2018Jun 16, 2018
EA's homepage with Cristiano Ronaldo selling a free 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia update.
- ebay.com – 2018Jun 15, 2018
eBay in June 2018: “Tech Deals to Lift You Up” with a DJI drone, and an Under $10 tab.
- nick.com – 2018Jun 15, 2018
Nick.com in June 2018: game and episode cards under round character faces, with the DO NOT TOUCH button further down.
- amazon.com – 2018Jun 16, 2018
Treasure Truck; Whole Foods in the footer.
- ask.com – 2018Jun 16, 2018
Ask.com in June 2018: a logo, a search box and footer links, 18 words of text in the whole page's code.
- cartoonnetwork.com – 2018Nov 30, 2018
Cartoon Network’s November 2018 homepage: JOIN THE MERRY MASHUP, an uncolored holiday drawing kids could color for TV.
- craigslist.org – 2018Jun 1, 2018
Craigslist’s SF bay area page in June 2018: no personals; services sits under community.
- espn.com – 2018Jun 16, 2018
ESPN.com in June 2018: “Subscribe Now” with ESPN+ and MLB.TV at the top of the left column.
- expedia.com – 2018Jun 16, 2018
Expedia's search panel over blue mountains, with “Bundle and Save” and a Collections link.
- google.com – 2018Apr 10, 2018
Google in April 2018: a plain search box with a soft shadow under the logo.
- icq.com – 2018Jun 16, 2018
ICQ.com’s Windows page in June 2018: a laptop screenshot and a footer that now says LLC Mail.Ru.
- ign.com – 2018Jun 15, 2018
IGN in June 2018: four tall illustrated cards replace the carousel, above “E3 2018 Is Over, but Not Our Coverage!”
- ikea.com – 2018May 31, 2018
IKEA’s US homepage in May 2018: a slimmer menu bar, an IKEA Visa card offer and a MALM recall notice.
- newgrounds.com – 2018Jun 15, 2018
Newgrounds in June 2018: a header wordmark without the tank, and a Bad Dream animation jam leads the page.
- nike.com – 2018Sep 1, 2018
Nike's homepage: an orange photo and “It’s Only A Crazy Dream Until You Do It”.
- playstation.com – 2018Jun 16, 2018
US PlayStation homepage, June 2018: the E3 Experience 2018 banner on a starry sky above the PS4.
- pokemon.com – 2018Jan 2, 2018
Pokémon.com in January 2018: Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon and Pokémon GO gifts with a Santa-hat Pikachu.
- winamp.com – 2018Nov 1, 2018
Winamp homepage in 2018: Winamp 5.8 returns as a free download on a white-and-orange page explaining that the official release follows a leaked build.
- blogger.com – 2018Jan 4, 2018
Blogger’s cooking-themed hero retains the full-width colored panels; the archived header wordmark is missing.
- napster.com – 2018Jun 16, 2018
Napster’s blue-and-turquoise homepage divides personal listening from music for businesses.
- netflix.com – 2018Jun 1, 2018
Posters again.
- paypal.com – 2018Jun 16, 2018
PayPal in June 2018: two photos split into Personal and Business, then “Send money to friends and family.”
- cnn.com – 2018Jun 1, 2018
A red BREAKING NEWS strip runs above the black navigation and three story columns.
- deviantart.com – 2018Jun 16, 2018
DeviantArt’s homepage in June 2018: Browse Popular 24 Hours, large artwork tiles beside the category list
- runescape.com – 2018Jun 16, 2018
RuneScape's splash page: “The world's most popular free to play MMORPG*” and a Windows, Mac or Linux client.
- habbo.com – 2018Jun 15, 2018
Habbo's blue landing page puts JOIN FOR FREE! above a May 2018 news item.
- miniclip.com – 2018Jun 16, 2018
Miniclip’s 2018 homepage: a green Football Strike takeover and a privacy policy update strip above the header.
- wikipedia.org – 2018Jun 15, 2018
Wikipedia in June 2018: the 2017 portal, with English at “5 665 000+” articles.
- xbox.com – 2018Jun 16, 2018
Xbox.com in June 2018: “Xbox Big Fun Deals - E3 Week” and a new row of six green icons.
- addictinggames.com – 2018Jun 15, 2018
AddictingGames.com in June 2018: larger, evenly spaced tiles and a World Wars mobile promotion.
- steampowered.com – 2018Nov 29, 2018
Steam’s homepage in November 2018: an Artifact banner above the Featured & Recommended carousel with Darksiders III.
- last.fm – 2018Dec 16, 2018
Last.fm pairs a waveform with Ariana Grande; several artist photos, the all-time counter and lower news fail to load. Private listener cards are blurred.
- myspace.com – 2018Feb 1, 2018
Myspace in February 2018: “Get an exclusive first look inside the Celebrity Big Brother house”, with TOP 8 in the menu.
- skype.com – 2018Jun 16, 2018
Skype homepage: thin black wordmark and “Join the millions talking on Skype”.
- tesla.com – 2018Dec 1, 2018
Tesla Model S on a coastal road with pill buttons, above Model X and Model 3 panels.
- digg.com – 2018Jun 15, 2018
Digg in June 2018: one hero story over three cards, with “Donald Trump” still in the row of sections.
- facebook.com – 2018Jan 1, 2018
Facebook on January 1, 2018: a yellow “update your browser” strip and a birthday pre-filled as December 31, 1992.
- orkut.com – 2018Jun 16, 2018
Orkut's 2018 landing page pairs Orkut and hello network in a split banner above the founder's letter.
- clubpenguin.com – 2018Dec 1, 2018
clubpenguin.com in December 2018, redirected to Club Penguin Island: 3D penguins, “Waddle On Party” and a PLAY NOW button with a download arrow.
- etsy.com – 2018Jun 15, 2018
Etsy's “Gift ideas as original as your dad.” and “Discover lists by creative people”.
- huffpost.com – 2018Jan 20, 2018
HuffPost in January 2018: the black header and a full-width photo splash, “LIVE: SHUTDOWN SCRAMBLE”.
- linkedin.com – 2018Jun 15, 2018
LinkedIn in June 2018: black-and-white photos around “We’re in it together” and a blue “Join for free” button.
- reddit.com – 2018Sep 9, 2018
Reddit in September 2018: a “Welcome to Reddit.” cartoon banner, “BECOME A REDDITOR”, still on the old list design.
- roblox.com – 2018Jan 1, 2018
Roblox’s homepage on January 1, 2018: the red wordmark, the roller coaster and the sign-up form, matching our December 2017 capture.
- wordpress.com – 2018Jun 15, 2018
WordPress.com updates the software-wide claim to 30% above the signup buttons.
- youtube.com – 2018Jun 16, 2018
A red play icon before the wordmark; compact thumbnails in horizontal shelves.
- kongregate.com – 2018Jun 16, 2018
Kongregate's 2018 homepage: Realm Revolutions and Crusaders of the Lost Idols appear in Hot New Games; the promotion banner, which no longer plays back in the archive, is collapsed.
- spotify.com – 2018Jun 16, 2018
Spotify in June 2018: the $0.99 Premium offer between carousel arrows; its footer code now lists Investors.
- twitter.com – 2018Mar 2, 2018
Twitter in March 2018: a blue panel with three icons and “See what’s happening in the world right now” with a phone sign-up.
- zillow.com – 2018Sep 30, 2018
Zillow.com in September 2018: the same search over a darkened house photo, a lender banner and San Francisco homes near “Great middle schools”.
- airbnb.com – 2018Oct 1, 2018
“Book unique homes and experiences.” over a fire-lookout photograph; later content appears below.
- dropbox.com – 2018Jun 16, 2018
Dropbox.com in June 2018: the new diamond logo in the top bar, above the 2017 headline and desk photo.
- tumblr.com – 2018Feb 1, 2018
Tumblr in February 2018: a portrait of an elderly man as the backdrop, “Get Started” and “Log In” buttons and the green “What is Tumblr?” bar.
- github.com – 2018Jun 15, 2018
GitHub in June 2018: “Built for developers” and a “Thank you for 10 years” strip with a big silver 10.
- hulu.com – 2018Jun 16, 2018
Hulu’s homepage in June 2018: “All Your TV In One Place”, plans from $7.99/month and a banner for the Hulu with Live TV beta.
- stackoverflow.com – 2018Jun 16, 2018
Stack Overflow in June 2018: a blue “Learn, Share, Build” sign-up hero above the list, with a menu on the left.
- bing.com – 2018Mar 1, 2018
Bing in March 2018: cacti on Isla del Pescado in Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni behind the search box.
- minecraft.net – 2018Dec 2, 2018
Minecraft’s homepage in December 2018: Update Aquatic, MINECON Earth and Minecraft: Dungeons cards under a Java Edition button priced €23.95.
- soundcloud.com – 2018Oct 1, 2018
SoundCloud’s homepage in October 2018: “Connect on SoundCloud” over the striped photo, with “Explore our top 50” below.
- instagram.com – 2018Jun 15, 2018
Instagram.com in June 2018: the sign-up form and two phones, with Directory, Profiles and Hashtags in the footer.
- pinterest.com – 2018Feb 1, 2018
“Find new ideas to try”, an Age field, and a red circle: “Pinterest helps you find ideas to try.”
- twitch.tv – 2018Feb 1, 2018
Twitch.tv in February 2018: a purple header with Browse, Get Desktop and Store; the Featured Games tiles are empty in the archive.
- discord.com – 2018Oct 16, 2018
Discord's homepage moves the gaming-device illustration onto a dark background, still against Skype and TeamSpeak.
- openai.com – 2018Jun 15, 2018
OpenAI’s homepage in June 2018: the split layout with a pastel cover for the OpenAI Charter, No. 13.
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