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All Sites ✕
1990–1996 ✕
#1
1994
Yahoo! ✓
http://www.yahoo.com/
Jerry Yang and David Kuo's "Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web." The first major web portal and directory that helped millions navigate the early internet.
#2
1994
GeoCities ✓
http://www.geocities.com/
The iconic personal homepage provider that hosted over 38 million user-created websites. Free templates, hit counters, guestbooks, and animated GIFs galore.
#3
1995
AltaVista
http://www.altavista.com/
Digital Equipment Corporation's search engine that dominated before Google. Featured advanced query operators, translation, and audio search capabilities.
#4
1990
CompuServe
http://www.compuserve.com/
One of the earliest online service providers with forums, BBS features, and early web integration. A precursor to the modern internet experience.
#5
1995
Amazon.com ✓
http://www.amazon.com/
Started as an online bookstore in Jeff Bezos's garage. The first site to implement the customer review system that transformed e-commerce forever.
#6
1994
Lycos
http://www.lycos.com/
Carnegie Mellon's web crawler and search engine. Featured "Top 100" ranked sites, personalized homepages, and was the first search engine to go public.
#7
1995
WebCrawler
http://www.webcrawler.com/
The first full-text search engine that let you find any word on any web page. Founded at the University of Washington, it indexed the entire web.
#8
1996
E-Wire (Wrestling)
http://www.e-wire.net/
The most influential wrestling fan site on the early web. Built an enormous community with daily updates, rumor mills, and the first major sports fandom on the internet.
#9
1995
Netscape News ✓
http://www.netscape.com/newsref/
The first major tech company to integrate a 24/7 news network directly into their website. Set the standard for tech media and early web content strategy.
#10
1991
CERN / info.cern.ch ✓
http://info.cern.ch/
The very first website ever created by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN. An informational page about the World Wide Web project itself. The genesis of everything.
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