The homepages
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- adobe.com – 2020Jun 15, 2020
adobe.com in June 2020: a red “Productivity - everywhere.” page with a free 7-day trial of Acrobat Pro.
- aol.com – 2020Oct 16, 2020
AOL in October 2020: the lead slider and a Yahoo 2020 Election Center box.
- apple.com – 2020Jun 16, 2020
COVID-19 banners above the iPhone SE.
- bbc.co.uk – 2020Feb 1, 2020
“Welcome to the BBC” on February 1, 2020: “UK leaves the European Union” leads; almost every picture is a gray box.
- bestbuy.com – 2020Jun 16, 2020
Best Buy in June 2020: a note about stores and safety plans, “Top Deals” and Bangor as the store in the header.
- blizzard.com – 2020Jun 15, 2020
Hearthstone's “Welcome to the Felfire Festival” leads Blizzard's carousel above game covers.
- disney.com – 2020Jun 15, 2020
disney.com in June 2020: Artemis Fowl, “Now streaming exclusively on Disney+”, with a Stream Now button.
- gamefaqs.com – 2020Jun 15, 2020
GameFAQs homepage: question and game-search tools lead the page, followed by a Game of the Decade results announcement and featured list.
- gamespot.com – 2020Jun 16, 2020
GameSpot's 2020 homepage: The Last of Us Part II review shares the lead with GameSpot Play for All coverage.
- hotmail.com – 2020Jun 16, 2020
Microsoft’s Outlook product page: free email and calendar on a tablet and a phone.
- imdb.com – 2020Apr 1, 2020
A black homepage, a Prime Video banner, and one large Tiger King trailer.
- lego.com – 2020Jun 16, 2020
LEGO.com in June 2020: the “Official LEGO® Shop US”, with a yellow header, LEGO DOTS bracelets and a VIP icon.
- lycos.com – 2020Jan 1, 2020
Lycos in January 2020: a city at night behind the search box; the code captions four slides “Happy New Years”.
- mcdonalds.com – 2020Jun 16, 2020
McDonald's U.S. homepage: “They Were One of Us” statement above a large blank area.
- microsoft.com – 2020Jun 15, 2020
COVID-19 bar and “United for change”.
- msn.com – 2020Jun 16, 2020
MSN Canada in June 2020: “We are updating our Terms of Use.”, a CORONAVIRUS tab and Montreal weather.
- nintendo.com – 2020Jun 16, 2020
Nintendo’s homepage in June 2020: Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics, “Available now”, beside a Summer Game Sale.
- nokia.com – 2020Jun 15, 2020
Nokia's homepage in June 2020: “Keeping the world connected during COVID-19”.
- nytimes.com – 2020Mar 2, 2020
NYTimes.com on March 2, 2020: “Coronavirus Updates: Scotland Reports Its First Case”, in a partly unstyled archived copy.
- spacejam.com – 2020Jun 16, 2020
spacejam.com opens straight onto the 1996 starfield of planets, with modern legal links at the bottom.
- theguardian.com – 2020Sep 2, 2020
theguardian.com in September 2020: the navy header, San Francisco weather and an A-levels lead story with a blank grey image area.
- walmart.com – 2020Sep 2, 2020
Walmart.com in September 2020: a “School go-tos for less” slide above round product pictures.
- yahoo.com – 2020Jun 15, 2020
Yahoo in June 2020: the lowercase yahoo! logo under a “Make Yahoo Your Homepage” banner; Coronavirus and Black Lives Matter in the menu.
- ea.com – 2020Jun 16, 2020
EA's homepage with Star Wars: Squadrons, “Coming October 2, 2020”.
- ebay.com – 2020Jun 15, 2020
eBay in June 2020: “Huge savings at The Brand Outlet” with Reebok, Milwaukee and Bose.
- nick.com – 2020Jun 15, 2020
Nick.com in June 2020: phones and tablets with “WATCH EPISODES NOW ON THE NICK APP!”
- amazon.com – 2020Jun 16, 2020
“Black lives matter” and “Select your address”.
- ask.com – 2020Jun 16, 2020
Ask.com in June 2020: a magazine page with “What You Need to Know About the Coronavirus Pandemic” and a reading list.
- cartoonnetwork.com – 2020Jun 15, 2020
Cartoon Network’s June 2020 homepage: the GAMES section led by Unikitty in Rainbow Rage.
- craigslist.org – 2020Jun 1, 2020
Craigslist’s SF bay area page in June 2020: the 2019 grid, without personals.
- espn.com – 2020Jun 15, 2020
ESPN.com in June 2020: an ESPN+ “SUBSCRIBE NOW” button and “When Could Sports Return?” in the left column.
- expedia.com – 2020Jun 1, 2020
Expedia's yellow header and search panel with COVID-19 notices about travel advisories and bookings.
- google.com – 2020Apr 14, 2020
Google on April 14, 2020: a doodle thanking grocery workers, “To all grocery workers, thank you”.
- icq.com – 2020Jun 16, 2020
ICQ.com in June 2020: the black ICQ New page, “stay connected” and a bright green “Download for Ubuntu” button.
- ign.com – 2020Jun 16, 2020
IGN in June 2020: a dark Summer of Gaming stream panel above the news grid; the archived video doesn't play.
- ikea.com – 2020Apr 1, 2020
IKEA’s US homepage on April 1, 2020: a black bar says IKEA US is temporarily closed for in-store shopping; the top picture renders as a gray box.
- newgrounds.com – 2020Feb 15, 2020
Newgrounds in February 2020: a letter asking for 238 more supporters to make the site ad-free, and a Phaser Game Jam box.
- nike.com – 2020Jun 15, 2020
Nike's homepage hero: “Black Lives Matter” and “How Nike Stands Up for Equality”.
- playstation.com – 2020Nov 20, 2020
US PlayStation homepage, November 20, 2020, eight days after the PS5 first went on sale: the console and DualSense on a dark stage, “Play Has No Limits”.
- pokemon.com – 2020Jan 1, 2020
Pokémon.com on January 1, 2020: Sword and Shield Wild Area News about Magikarp raids.
- winamp.com – 2020Jun 16, 2020
Winamp homepage in 2020: the captured homepage again offers Winamp 5.8 in a white-and-orange layout with a large llama photograph.
- blogger.com – 2020Jun 1, 2020
Blogger’s cooking sample blog appears above design and domain panels; the archived header wordmark is missing.
- napster.com – 2020Jun 15, 2020
Napster’s split-screen music page adds a white coronavirus-information notice.
- netflix.com – 2020Jul 31, 2020
“Unlimited movies, TV shows, and more.” TRY 30 DAYS FREE.
- paypal.com – 2020Jun 16, 2020
PayPal in June 2020: “PayPal commits $530 Million to support Black businesses and communities.” above the Personal and Business photos.
- cnn.com – 2020Nov 7, 2020
BIDEN WINS sits above a lead photograph with Watch CNN Live and Live Updates.
- deviantart.com – 2020Jun 15, 2020
DeviantArt’s homepage in June 2020: the dark Eclipse design with Explore Topics and Explore Black Lives Matter
- runescape.com – 2020Jun 15, 2020
RuneScape's splash page with Create Account and Download buttons where 2019 had Play Now.
- habbo.com – 2020Jun 16, 2020
Habbo's 2020 capture repeats the May 2018 news panel from the saved copy.
- miniclip.com – 2020Jun 15, 2020
Miniclip’s 2020 homepage: a blue sports backdrop, an enlarged MINICLIP logo and a big 8 Ball Pool tile.
- wikipedia.org – 2020Jun 15, 2020
Wikipedia in June 2020: the app box gets App Store and Google Play badges, and English passes “6 101 000+” articles.
- xbox.com – 2020Jun 15, 2020
Xbox.com in June 2020: the black Xbox Series X tower and “Power your dreams”.
- addictinggames.com – 2020Jun 15, 2020
AddictingGames.com in June 2020: two rows of popular games and a GAME PASS upgrade strip.
- friendster.com – 2020Jun 14, 2020
Friendster’s direct index page again displays the yellow taking-a-break announcement in this 2020 capture.
- steampowered.com – 2020Jun 15, 2020
Steam’s homepage in June 2020: a Star Wars: Squadrons pre-purchase banner above Destiny 2: Beyond Light.
- last.fm – 2020Jun 16, 2020
Lady Gaga leads Last.fm’s artist bubbles above track rankings; the all-time counter is unpopulated.
- myspace.com – 2020Feb 1, 2020
Myspace in February 2020: “Are Iron Maiden working on a new album?” and Avicii in the Connect with People box.
- skype.com – 2020Jun 15, 2020
Skype homepage: “Meet Now on Skype”, “No sign ups. No downloads required.”
- tesla.com – 2020Jun 15, 2020
Tesla’s Model 3 slide by a mountain lake; the code offers touchless delivery for every model.
- digg.com – 2020Jun 15, 2020
Digg in June 2020: a closed “Frontpage” menu and a lead story, “The High Cost Of Panic-Moving”, with “2 diggs”.
- facebook.com – 2020Feb 1, 2020
Facebook in February 2020: a big blue wordmark and a white login card with a green “Create New Account” button.
- orkut.com – 2020Jun 16, 2020
Orkut's 2020 landing page introduces hello below the split banner and personal letter.
- etsy.com – 2020Jun 16, 2020
Etsy's face-mask tile “Everyday supplies. Made with extra love.” beside Father's Day gifts.
- huffpost.com – 2020Nov 21, 2020
HuffPost in November 2020, two days after the BuzzFeed deal was announced: an underlined splash and a “Join HuffPost Plus” button.
- linkedin.com – 2020Jun 16, 2020
LinkedIn in June 2020: a COVID-19 help bar above a drawing of a home, and links to search for a job, a person or a skill.
- reddit.com – 2020Jun 16, 2020
Reddit in June 2020: the old list again, “Come for the cats, stay for the empathy.” and a COVID-19 notice.
- roblox.com – 2020Sep 1, 2020
Roblox’s homepage in September 2020: a white wordmark and white sign-up card over a dark diagonal collage of game covers, with store badges below.
- wordpress.com – 2020Jun 16, 2020
WordPress.com puts a 37% software-wide claim above overlapping desktop and mobile website examples.
- youtube.com – 2020Jun 16, 2020
Compact rows, a “COVID-19 news” shelf and category shelves farther down the page.
- kongregate.com – 2020Jun 15, 2020
Kongregate's 2020 homepage: an Epic Battle Fantasy 5 badge promotion leads Hot New Games; this June capture predates the July upload freeze.
- spotify.com – 2020Jun 15, 2020
Spotify in June 2020: “Get 3 months of Premium for free” on pink, above an orange “Spotify Free” band.
- twitter.com – 2020Jun 16, 2020
Twitter in June 2020: the 2019 split-screen landing page, unchanged except for one capital letter and the year.
- zillow.com – 2020Jun 15, 2020
Zillow.com in June 2020: “Home has never been more important”, cards about moving during COVID-19 and a rainbow-colored Z in the logo.
- airbnb.com – 2020Nov 1, 2020
The illustrated “Go Near” hero, nearby stays and an Online Experiences tab.
- dropbox.com – 2020Jun 15, 2020
Dropbox.com in June 2020: “Everything you need for work, all in one place” in tall, narrow letters above a product mock-up.
- tumblr.com – 2020Feb 1, 2020
Tumblr in February 2020: background art of two archers and a new footer link, “Do Not Sell My Personal Information”.
- github.com – 2020Jun 15, 2020
GitHub in June 2020: “50 million developers” and a dark blue strip, “GitHub is now free for teams”.
- hulu.com – 2020Jun 15, 2020
Hulu’s homepage in June 2020: a poster wall and a strip offering Hulu, Disney+ and ESPN+ for $12.99/month.
- stackoverflow.com – 2020Jun 16, 2020
Stack Overflow in June 2020: a yellow landing page, “We <3 people who code”, and no questions.
- bing.com – 2020Jun 15, 2020
Bing in June 2020: no photo loaded, and “A message from our CEO” under the search box.
- minecraft.net – 2020Jun 15, 2020
Minecraft’s homepage in June 2020: “Welcome to Minecraft” on a blue card over a game scene, above Explore Minecraft Games.
- instagram.com – 2020Jun 15, 2020
Instagram.com in June 2020: log-in fields come first, sign-up moves to one line, and the footer names Instagram from Facebook.
- pinterest.com – 2020May 31, 2020
“Stay safe and healthy”, and a box with Log in, Sign up and Create a business account.
- discord.com – 2020Sep 16, 2020
Our September 2020 discord.com homepage capture: “Your place to talk” for school clubs, gaming groups and art communities.
- openai.com – 2020Jun 15, 2020
OpenAI’s homepage in June 2020: Jukebox and a Rubik’s Cube robot hand on the gradient; “OpenAI API” tops the blog list.
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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