What the Internet looked like 30+ years ago

On December 20, 1990, the first website was launched, created by British scientist Tim Berners-Lee, who worked at the time at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Switzerland.

Initially, the project was intended to help scientists to facilitate the search for information, but the World Wide Web ("World Wide Web", abbreviated to www) has become something that more than three billion people use.

Now almost everything in our life is connected with the Internet, including communication with people, work, banks, games and much more. We decided to see what the Internet looked like at the dawn of its existence.

This is what the world's first website of the European Organization for Nuclear Research looked like, where it explained what it is and how to use it.

Aliweb is the world's first search engine, which was also part of the CERN project in 1993. It was designed by Martin Koster, one of the first creators of the World Wide Web.

Bloomberg launched its website in 1993 as an addition to the Bloomberg Terminal computer system, which provides news in the world of finance and technology to anyone who pays 24 thousand dollars a year.

The website of the international non-governmental organization for human rights Amnesty International, which aims to restore justice in the world, was created in 1994.

The world-famous news magazine The Economist was founded in 1843. The magazine's website was published in 1994 and cost $120.

The website of the American Pizza Hut restaurant chain was launched in 1994. It was possible to order or reserve a table on the website.

In 1994, a website was created called "Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web". The site was subsequently renamed Yahoo!.

The official White House website was launched in 1996 and allowed journalists to find photos, radio messages and other important information.