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What did the giants look like?

by Quentin
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I hope this is encouraging and is a great thing to look at from a marketing point of view.

This is what the great giant sites looked like when they started.

What the World

What do you think?

Quentin
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  • Profile picture of the author GMD
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    Great post, thanks!

    "thefacebook" ...ROLF.

    I just can't believe that even back then it got so far as going online without somebody realizing that "the" should be dropped leaving only "facebook".

    Oh well...better late than never!
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  • Profile picture of the author ExcelAddin
    god I feel old looking at those. I was at Uni when web 1.0 was kicking off. The novelty factor of having an email address? sigh, I remember those days :-)
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  • Profile picture of the author ExcelAddin
    oh, and Yahoo / Amazon and Twitter? dear god they looked dreadful!

    shows how much the bar has been raised in recent years.
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  • Profile picture of the author Augie Johnston
    Amazon was horrible!
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    • Profile picture of the author philhunter
      Google looks pretty much the same, guess its a case of see what works and stick with it.
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  • Profile picture of the author savvybizbuilder
    Thanks for the tour Quentin. I feel like traveling from the past.
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  • Profile picture of the author Vivek_Sharma
    Excellent!
    Now it is very easy to look back Internet Archive: Wayback Machine
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    • Profile picture of the author JimDucharme
      Originally Posted by Vivek_Sharma View Post

      Excellent!
      Now it is very easy to look back Internet Archive: Wayback Machine
      Love the wayback machine! As the old saying goes: You won't know where you're going unless you know where you've been.

      Also a good reminder that our footprints online are not in sand.

      Thanks for the flashback Quentin!

      Regards,
      jim
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  • Profile picture of the author JohnDBrewer
    That was awesome.....goes to show that even the big boys are always tweeking their sites to get the best traffic flow. Thanks for the tour.
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    Amazing to see them. The only one that still looks pretty much the same is Google.
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  • Profile picture of the author ExcelAddin
    would have been nice to see the search results page from Google though, as I suspect that has changed hugely. As has the top navigation bar on all their sites.
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  • Profile picture of the author rrm
    Lesson for me is that perfectionism is a business killer. Lot of sites that slay the business now (and then) don't look like much when looking back. 2 things... First, go with what you've got and improve it as time goes on. Second, practically ALL sites WILL change over time, not just as tastes change and knowledge grows, but also as technology and options improve.

    Sometimes I think that maybe I should wait for some doodad to improve or I get some technology just right or whatever. The time is NOW. I try to let the future take care of itself.

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