The Evolution of the Homepage
Using the WayBack Machine, we looked back at how the homepage has changed since the early days of the Internet
![Google homepage](https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/Q0YBUCJUOsu0TKRa7UkokTJ7_6Y=/1000x750/filters:no_upscale()/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/Homepages-Google-631.jpg)
Yahoo!, October 22, 1996
![Yahoo homepage](https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/jjghKY-h-q8YoNX3lzCCNXT04S4=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/homepages-yahoo-631-1.jpg)
The New York Times, December 30, 1996
![New York Times homepage](https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/0HrEBoOQL26zgK1J5fuxHJijub8=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/Homepages-NewYorkTimes-631-2.jpg)
National Public Radio, December 10, 1997
![NPR homepage](https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/4uHxQgIIXwDOMuNNXGawIop9Ra0=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/Homepages-NPR-631-3.jpg)
BBC, May 20, 1998
![BBC homepage](https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/nTg5nRZ3JCnqTl4ZX71Q_Jxpt5g=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/Homepages-BBC-631-4.jpg)
LEGO, November 9, 1996
![LEGO homepage](https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/m33RvOKSVBV7Fg_UBFxQVzZtuSU=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/Homepages-LEGO-631-5.jpg)
Apple, July 14, 1997
![Apple homepage](https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/xf_f5h2Ao9uDG9WDIYmR3qlPguM=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/Homepages-Apple-631-6.jpg)
But before the iPads and the iPhone 4Ss, a few then-high-tech-now-obsolete programs held center stage. In ‘97, you could “Register today for a free CD-ROM”—though, you’d probably have to pay someone to take one off your hands these days.
Google, January 25, 1999
![Google homepage](https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/GQJqaQr4qWt1k9ciA1OPUkJvZZ4=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/Homepages-Google-631-7.jpg)
LiveJournal, 1999
![LiveJournal homepage](https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/ndiz9nnY--4kRCSYOm8uFl4zFsQ=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/Homepages-LiveJournal-631-8.jpg)
GeoCities, November 28, 1999
![GeoCities homepage](https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/7fU1Z9UGzmYCl12zlzrhEi9cgns=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/Homepages-GeoCities-631-9.jpg)
Wikipedia, July 27, 2001
![Wikipedia homepage](https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/FgZIlNDGQqS8IsjZxhcKTKou32s=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/Homepages-Wikipedia-631-10.jpg)