[Aphex19]

I came across a site which has cached 150 billion webpages dating all the way back to 1996.

Wayback Machine

Here's some potentially interesting sites I found.

DIC 2001
Google Beta 1998
YouTube 2005
MSN 1996
Myspace 1996

Nostalgia aside, it's actually a really useful site. Maybe the site is old news to many of you, but have you got any recommended pages to visit?

[AnalyticLunatic]

I personally have never heard of this! Thanks for sharing Aphex19!

With how fast the web is evolving and expanding these days, it's amazing how much a site can change over even just a few months!

[jon.kiparsky]

Funny, I remember when this launched. At the time, I was thinking "what a crazy idea, to archive all of this crap. Who will ever want it?"

[jjsaw5]

Very cool thanks!

[AnalyticLunatic]

jon.kiparsky, on 09 November 2012 - 10:44 AM, said:

Funny, I remember when this launched. At the time, I was thinking "what a crazy idea, to archive all of this crap. Who will ever want it?"

Isn't that how most good ideas/startups/etc. begin Jon? With an idea that is completely ridiculous?

[jon.kiparsky]

Yep. See: Facebook

[AthenaDX]

It's myspace, without all the crap!

[jon.kiparsky]

AthenaDX, on 09 November 2012 - 02:22 PM, said:

It's myspace, without all the crap! />

With different crap, you mean.

[AnalyticLunatic]

jon.kiparsky, on 09 November 2012 - 12:26 PM, said:

AthenaDX, on 09 November 2012 - 02:22 PM, said:

It's myspace, without all the crap! />/>

With different crap, you mean.

They're slowly getting their.. Not saying Facebook will in the oncoming years flat fallout, but the first time I heard about them placing ads, I knew the trek downhill had begun.

[AthenaDX]

Well, they used to not have all that crap.

[jon.kiparsky]

AnalyticLunatic, on 09 November 2012 - 02:28 PM, said:

They're slowly getting their.. Not saying Facebook will in the oncoming years flat fallout, but the first time I heard about them placing ads, I knew the trek downhill had begun.

Was there ever a point to Facebook other than selling ads?
"The junk merchant does not sell his product to the consumer, he sells the consumer to the product. He does not improve and simplify his merchandise, he degrades and simplifies the client" This Facebook's raison d'etre.

This post has been edited by jon.kiparsky: 09 November 2012 - 12:32 PM

[no2pencil]

I've actually used this site to pull an archive for a client.

[AnalyticLunatic]

I believe the original [ORIGINAL] *The*Facebook had no use for ads. They were simply going to be used to profit from the site.

I in no way claim this to be historically accurate, all known data I have is based off a movie.

Semi-On-Topic:

Spoiler

It said so on the internet. They can't put anything on the internet that isn't true!

This post has been edited by AnalyticLunatic: 09 November 2012 - 12:42 PM

[Sergio Tapia]

jon.kiparsky, on 09 November 2012 - 03:32 PM, said:

AnalyticLunatic, on 09 November 2012 - 02:28 PM, said:

They're slowly getting their.. Not saying Facebook will in the oncoming years flat fallout, but the first time I heard about them placing ads, I knew the trek downhill had begun.

Was there ever a point to Facebook other than selling ads?
"The junk merchant does not sell his product to the consumer, he sells the consumer to the product. He does not improve and simplify his merchandise, he degrades and simplifies the client" This Facebook's raison d'etre.

I can talk to my mother effortlessly on a near daily basis. That would be much harder without a simple ubiquitous to use platform such as Facebook.

[no2pencil]

AnalyticLunatic, on 09 November 2012 - 03:42 PM, said:

I believe the original [ORIGINAL] *The*Facebook had no use for ads. They were simply going to be used to profit from the site.

I in no way claim this to be historically accurate, all known data I have is based off a movie.

Facebook was originally for college students only. In '05(ish?) a local computer club I belonged too met at Kent State University, & I remember it being an issue that I couldn't create a Facebook account as I wasn't a student. Not sure what 'profit from sales' you're referring to.