Posted August 13, 200618 yr Amazon used to be a large river in South America - but that was before the world wide web. This month the web is 15 years old and in that short time it has revolutionised the way we live, from shopping to booking flights, writing blogs to listening to music. Here, the Observer's Net specialist charts the web's remarkable early life and we tell the story of the 15 most influential websites to date. 1. eBay.com Founded: Pierre Omidyar, 1995, US Users: 168m What is it? Auction and shopping site 2. wikipedia.com Founded: Jimmy Wales, 2001, US Users: 912,000 visits per day What is it? Online encyclopaedia 3. napster.com Founded: Shawn Fanning, 1999, US Users: 500,000 paying subscribers What is it? File sharing site 4. youtube.com Founded: Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim, 2005, US Users: 100m clips watched a day What is it? Video sharing site 5. blogger.com Founded: Evan Williams, 1999, US Users: 18.5m unique visitors What is it? Weblog publishing system 6. friendsreunited.com Founded: Steve and Julie Pankhurst, 1999, UK Users: 15m What is it? School reunion site 7. drudgereport.com Founded: Matt Drudge, 1994, US Users: 8-10m page views per day What is it? News site 8. myspace.com Founded: Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe, 2003, US Users: 100m What is it? Social networking site 9. amazon.com Founded: Jeff Bezos, 1994, US Users: More than 35m customers in over 250 countries What is it? Online retailer, primarily of books, CDs and DVDs 10. slashdot.org Founded: Rob Malda, 1997, US Users: 5.5m per month What is it? Technology news website and internet forum 11. salon.com Founded: David Talbot, 1995, US Users: Between 2.5 and 3.5m unique visitors per month What is it? Online magazine and media company 12. craigslist.org Founded: Craig Newmark, 1995, US Users: 4bn page views per month What is it? A centralised network of online urban communities, featuring free classified advertisements and forums 13. google.com Founded: Larry Page and Sergey Brin, 1998, US Users: A billion search requests per day What is it? Search engine and media corporation 14. yahoo.com Founded: David Filo and JerryYang, 1994, US Users: 400m What is it? Internet portal and media corporation 15. easyjet.com Founded: Stelios Haji-Ioannou, 1995, UK Users: 30m passengers last year What is it?: Budget airline I have only used 7 of these 15 so far.
August 13, 200618 yr 3. napster.com Founded: Shawn Fanning, 1999, US Users: 500,000 paying subscribers What is it? File sharing site well its a good jobs its to date, as this would be so down the list now. hardly gets any press these days with iTunes and Kazaa
August 13, 200618 yr no google??? :o :o :o :o :o :o Well, yahoo is basically the same thing? I like yahoo more.
August 13, 200618 yr Well, yahoo is basically the same thing? I like yahoo more. suppose so, however thought it was like the web std, first port of call for everyone
August 13, 200618 yr suppose so, however thought it was like the web std, first port of call for everyone Really? I hardly use Google. I have yahoo on my favourites anyway so I just type 'y' and it comes straight up, so it's easier. ^_^
August 16, 200618 yr i've used ebay,wikipedia, youtube, friends reunited, myspace, amazon and google used to go on yahoo but not as much anymore
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