We all know what Google, Microsoft and Apple’s website look like know but what about “back in the day”?

Check out the links below to take a blast from the past. No you can’t smoke this one it’s a different kind of blast from the past.

In no particular order

Google – Dec 02, 1998
Yahoo – Oct 17, 1996
Microsoft – Oct 20, 1996
Netscape – Oct 22, 1996
Msn – Oct 25, 1996
Apple – Oct 23, 1996
Youtube – Apr 28, 2005
Facebook – Dec 12, 1998
Adobe – Oct 22, 1996
Wikipedia – Mar 31, 2001
Skyrock – Jan 18, 2001
Dell – June 5, 1997
Blogger – Oct 12, 1999
eBay – Dec 01, 1998
Dailymotion – Apr 07, 2005
Photobucket – Jul 23, 2001
Amazon – Dec 12, 1998
Flickr – Feb 26, 2004
Digg – Nov 11, 1998
Aol – Apr 21, 1997
WordPress – Aug 22, 2004
Livejournal – Nov 27, 1999
The Pirate Bay – May 19, 2005

The oldest website on this list is from 1996 which is really not that long ago. Just shows you what persistence and motivation will get you. Hell a few of these websites were started on a shoe string budget and still made it big.