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Neat. It even includes a table of content for the web.
https://info.cern.ch/hypertext/DataSources/bySubject/Overview.html
I remember visiting that site from an Arena browser on a remote X-Windows session. It was back when that site was still hosted on Tims NeXT cube on his desk.
I give you Warren Buffets company website.
https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/
The domain was purchased in 1996 It looks like they never updated the layout since.
I just went through and checked out the site and hit a bunch of the links.. Honestly, with the nature of the data, there really is no reason to have more than the basics. Also, think of what Berkshire Hathaway is about and as far as maximizing everything that they can for the stake and stock-holders, it makes sense. Focus on the investment essentials, not the window dressing online.
I wish more businesses were oriented this way.
it has taken on a life of its' own
That’s an apostrophe mistake I haven’t seen before.
There is an it. And then there's another it. And some more its, perhaps.
I don't know what the life of their own is, though. I am also not sure if I do want to know.
But rest assured: It was surely not a mistake.
The its are coming. I, four one, welcome our it overlords!
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unironically the best corporate site I've ever seen.
Straight up hard coding in a Geico ad is a strong choice...
I wonder if they change it or Buffet is still getting 1996 page view numbers on a perpetual contract?
Which is kind of the general vibe of BH. They've never bought the hype, and have kept going with "boring but practical".
There's an ad on it, which gets past my adblocker since it's a simple hardcoded link and logo.
How ads should be. Simple, non tracking.
I notice the page does have Google Analytics, which is the only thing that did get blocked.
If you have any comments about our WEB page, you can write us at the address shown above
i love this part, reads like oh yeah well what if you do wanna tell us about our WEB page you fuckin NERD
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Best site on the internet. I was so worried when flash died, big sigh of relief when they went html5.
The best place to test speakers
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Everybody get up, it's time to slam now! We got a real jam goin' down now!
THAT'S what I was looking for!
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The website of that big suicide cult. I don't know how old the site actually is but it's very 90s.
Fun fact, back in 2018 I emailed them asking if someone would take over once they were not able to have that responsibility, and if so, who. They replied the next day, and just said (copy and pasted from that email):
Yes, it will be. You would not know them.
I wonder who's still paying for it.
If I remember right, there's one dude that "stayed behind" to keep it up and running.
Uh-huh. What a sacrifice. /s
GameFAQs.com launched November 5, 1995, although it didn't have that name or URL until 1996.
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Webtender - An On-Line Bartender.
The Webtender web site including, but not limited to the collection of recipes, web links and drinking games, as well as graphics and layout, is Copyright © 1995-2025, The Webtender/Pål Løberg unless stated otherwise.
https://www.webtender.com/info/c.html
Not only is it 30 years old, but it has searching built-in since at least 1997, if not the whole time. This puts it in a very special class: first-generation server-side web applications. Looks like it's still rocking cgi-bin.
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No idea why this is the 3rd time this has come up now, but I just learned this year that an anti "barney the dinosaur" webpage is among the oldest still active ones, where you can shoot and stab him.
Hate for children's media for being... for children has really come a long way. Now we hate them for legitimate reasons, like peppa pig for being bloody monarchists and Bluey for being Australian.
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Does SDF count? It's been going since 1987. Obviously the Lemmy instance is newer, and it's stretching the definition of website a bit.
You ask as if people know what SDF is.
Since it's my instance and you can probably click to it through my username, I felt like a link would be overkill. But: www.sdf.org.
That was honestly kind of rhetorical, too. It's been something you could connect to since the 80's, and it's still an everyday part of my life, which is related enough to mention even if OP wouldn't call that a website.
Gaia Online.
It's been around since 2003 and it still clings on to its early roots of the internet but with awful modern internet decisions.
I recently had to dig deeper into Regex than I thought one could dig into Regex and found this website that claims it’s from 2003: https://www.regular-expressions.info/
The oldest one I regularly use is this one: https://web.archive.org/web/19961108115333/http://www.kela.fi/
It's the Finnish state organ for giving people their welfare benefits and operating the national health insurance system. So, if you get a child, you get an amount of money per month from Kela for having a child. (Because they want the population to grow).
Or, if you end up unemployed for a longer time, it's Kela that will pay your unemployment benefits.
Of if you break your leg, it's Kela that pays for your hospital care. I don't know how many forms I've already filled on their website :D
But yeah, the site's been around for a while now.
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My MySpace page. Has ALL the animated dancing banana GIFs you could ever want.
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This is still operational. Early middleware for online multiplayer in video game emulators. I'm surprised to see a few still use it.
Edit: 2001
theguyintheglass.com (about the poem) was last updated on 1998-10-03 and created on 1997-12-25 according to the footer.
I have a website that has been up since 1995. I haven't updated in 20 years or so.
Sluggy Freelance and Schlock Mercenary have both been around a while and both have (or had, when I still had time to read webcomics) stellar reputations for reliability.
I was going to mention User Friendly, but sadly that appears to be down. I think it was last time I checked, too, so I'm guessing it's a lost cause.
It's surely one of the first sites that I know and use, and it's still alive. I think it's from the 90s. (Looked it up again, their earliest visitor count starts at 1997)
Later we have Metal Archives, but I think Lost Souls Domain was the first website where you look for Metal music informations.
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