With all the talk about Google Chrome traffic and the future of the Web, we thought we’d take a look back at the past and just how far some online services have evolved.
Our first Q-Rewind stop is in November of 1998, when a couple of dudes from Stanford set up a small search engine. The home page looked a little less high-tech than what we know now.
Click on either option there, though, and you’d get these spiffy-looking first editions of the now ubiquitous product:
Now, to be fair, the then-dominant Yahoo was looking pretty hot back in the mid-90s, too. Here’s the cutting-edge search look of October 1996:
Speaking of cutting-edge, over on the browser side, the Mozilla home page was sporting a sweet Atari-style design around December of ’98.
And just for kicks, we thought we’d see what DuncanRiley.com was up to in its infancy.
Whoops, still in the womb there. Let’s fast-forward just a hair, about one month ahead for the real deal.
You know, this is kind of like the modern equivalent of looking back at old photos from the 80s . Good times.
Anyhow, enough rewinding for one day. Back to the future, my friends…until next time.
