Classic Web

Screenshots of classic websites and blogs from Dot-Com, Web 2.0 and the 2010s.

Brought to you by the internet history site https://cybercultural.com

Curator: Richard MacManus (npub1387…vefs)
Website: https://cybercultural.com

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2026-07-20 14:00:05 UTC

Wikibooks in 2014
https://web.archive.org/web/20140131052426if_/http://www.wikibooks.org/
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2026-03-03 16:50:26 UTC

The Batman Forever website, launched in May 1995 by @npub1zpy…je3a and friends, was cinematically visual. And this was a period *before* HTML tables had arrived! See my writeup for the full story: https://cybercultural.com/p/1995-web-design/
https://cdn.masto.host/indiewebsocial/media_attachments/files/116/166/262/528/401/632/original/4bbd00cd5c2cd780.jpg

2026-02-18 12:00:01 UTC

The WWW Worm, 1994; via 'The Internet via Mosaic and World-Wide Web', a 1994 book by Steve Browne
https://cdn.masto.host/indiewebsocial/media_attachments/files/116/091/420/374/382/314/original/639e4b2d2b7921fb.png

2026-02-12 11:54:35 UTC

desktoppoetry.com in 2003
https://web.archive.org/web/20031125030844if_/http://desktoppoetry.com:80
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2026-01-15 13:41:30 UTC

nytimes.com in 2005
https://web.archive.org/web/20051025002239if_/http://www.nytimes.com
https://cdn.masto.host/indiewebsocial/media_attachments/files/115/857/820/026/882/047/original/0e271a5e3d8a4bea.png

2026-01-12 14:08:14 UTC

blogs.law.harvard.edu in 2004
https://web.archive.org/web/20040627075542if_/http://blogs.law.harvard.edu:80
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2026-01-12 10:40:12 UTC

Group weblogs...you don't see too many of them these days. Who has time, I guess, with all those social media accounts to update.
radiofreeblogistan.com in 2004
https://web.archive.org/web/20040830025833if_/http://www.radiofreeblogistan.com:80
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2025-12-08 21:57:07 UTC

kottke.org in 2003
https://web.archive.org/web/20030203093505if_/http://kottke.org:80
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2025-12-04 16:37:52 UTC

techdirt.com in 2000
https://web.archive.org/web/20001007100221if_/http://techdirt.com:80
https://cdn.masto.host/indiewebsocial/media_attachments/files/115/659/616/349/789/993/original/e4d551373f7e2b0f.png

2025-12-03 14:10:50 UTC

slashdot.org in 2002
https://web.archive.org/web/20021130080532if_/http://www.slashdot.org:80
https://cdn.masto.host/indiewebsocial/media_attachments/files/115/655/708/771/493/254/original/bae1d4d8743595b9.png

2025-12-02 14:52:01 UTC

Hands up who used one of KaZaA, Morpheus, LimeWire, eMule or BitTorrent in 2002? That year was utter chaos in P2P, but a lot of fun too :) https://cybercultural.com/p/internet-2002/
https://cdn.masto.host/indiewebsocial/media_attachments/files/115/650/527/274/564/555/original/47d3f1e0d53650c2.jpg

2025-10-08 14:56:18 UTC

One thing I miss about web designs from 25 years ago is the columns... in the mobile era, columns went extinct.
saimasays.com in 2001
https://web.archive.org/web/20011120010402if_/http://saimasays.com:80
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2025-09-18 16:48:25 UTC

flashpunk.net on February 13, 2010
https://web.archive.org/web/20100213051718if_/http://flashpunk.net:80
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2025-08-27 18:07:05 UTC

metafilter.com on November 03, 2001
https://web.archive.org/web/20011103192251if_/http://metafilter.com:80
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2025-08-18 14:43:19 UTC

jessamyn.com on January 24, 2002 (by @npub1prs…eh8y) https://web.archive.org/web/20020124060126if_/http://www.jessamyn.com:80
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2025-06-15 20:49:56 UTC

csszengarden.com on July 27, 2005
https://web.archive.org/web/20050727081750if_/http://www.csszengarden.com:80
https://cdn.masto.host/indiewebsocial/media_attachments/files/114/688/304/684/190/134/original/9c86feaaf2993288.png

2025-06-05 17:22:37 UTC

Mastodon in 2017 #ClassicFedi
1) The Mastodon.social homepage in June 2017: https://web.archive.org/web/20170606214719/https://mastodon.social/about
2) @npub1vl7…f6g0 profile in April 2017: https://web.archive.org/web/20170406215020/https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/
https://cdn.masto.host/indiewebsocial/media_attachments/files/114/631/906/902/121/946/original/320ebaee1521853d.jpg
https://cdn.masto.host/indiewebsocial/media_attachments/files/114/631/906/897/808/924/original/4acdffd70ac2ae41.jpg

2025-06-05 16:26:49 UTC

On 16 June 2003, Sam Ruby wrote a blog post describing "a well-formed log entry." This helped inspire a new web syndication format, called Atom. #ClassicFedi
https://web.archive.org/web/20030620161438/http://intertwingly.net/blog/1472.html
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2025-04-20 01:25:03 UTC

excite.com on June 01, 1997
https://web.archive.org/web/19970601233211if_/http://www09.excite.com:80
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2025-04-18 21:10:40 UTC

friendfeed.com on October 13, 2007
https://web.archive.org/web/20071013233845if_/http://friendfeed.com:80
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