Example of Web 1.0 Website — The Read-Only Web (1991–2004)

Web 1.0 is the first era of the World Wide Web (roughly 1991–2004). An example of web 1.0 website is a static, read-only site — no comments, no login, no user-generated content. Below are real example of web 1.0 website and how they looked.

Key Characteristics of Web 1.0

What Web 1.0 Websites Looked Like

• Plain white or grey backgrounds
• Blue underlined hyperlinks
• Tables used for layout (no CSS grid/flexbox)
• Animated GIFs everywhere
• "Under Construction" banners
• Hit counters showing visitor numbers
• Tiled background images
• Pages loaded as complete HTML files — no JavaScript interactivity

10 Real Example of Web 1.0 Website (Still Accessible)

1. Space Jam (1996) — spacejam.com — Warner Bros' original Space Jam movie site from 1996. Still live, unchanged.
2. Yale Style Guide (1994) — One of the first web design guides, published as static HTML.
3. CERN — First Website (1991) — info.cern.ch — The very first website ever published, by Tim Berners-Lee.
4. Dole Food Company (1996) — Early corporate Web 1.0 site with table layout.
5. Toasty Technology (archive) — Collection of 1990s website screenshots.
6. Internet Archive Wayback Machine — web.archive.org — Browse archived snapshots from the Web 1.0 era.
7. Amazon.com (1995–1998 via Wayback) — Plain HTML with basic product listings.
8. Google.com (1998 via Wayback) — Single form on a white background.
9. Apple.com (1997 via Wayback) — Classic Web 1.0 corporate layout.
10. MSN.com (1996 via Wayback) — Microsoft's web portal with frames-based navigation.

Web 1.0 vs Web 2.0 vs Web 3.0

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