www.bell.com has been added to Protoweb! The post www.bell.com (1999) appeared first on Protoweb.

www.staples.com has been added to Protoweb! The post www.staples.com (1998) – Yeah, We’ve Got That appeared first on Protoweb.

A live restoration of Slashdot featuring articles, comment discussions, accounts, polls, and a searchable archive of one of the web’s most influential tech communities. The post Slashdot.org (2000) appeared first on Protoweb.

A restoration of early MetaFilter featuring posts, comments, and user profiles, with a live front page that updates in real-time. The post MetaFilter.com (2000) appeared first on Protoweb.

A promotional microsite for Weird Al’s 1999 music video "It’s All About the Pentiums", featuring streaming video links, lyrics, downloads, and behind-the-scenes content. The post Weird Al “It’s All About the Pentiums” – Official Video Site (1999) appeared first on Protoweb.

Captain Underpants author Dav Pilkey's official website from 2000 has been added to Protoweb! The post Dav Pilkey’s Web Site O’ Fun! (2000) appeared first on Protoweb.

A restoration of Zophar’s Domain as it appeared in 1999, preserving one of the internet’s most influential early emulation websites, featuring emulator downloads, utilities, and public domain ROMs for classic systems. The post Zophar’s Domain (1999) appeared first on Protoweb.

A full early-2000s restoration of GameFAQs featuring 10,000+ games, text guides, downloadable save files, and user reviews. The post GameFAQs.com (2000) appeared first on Protoweb.

Time.gov has been restored and is now available for everyone to check out! The post time.gov – The Official U.S. time appeared first on Protoweb.

<p>www.wvia.org has been added to Protoweb!</p> <p>The post <a href="https://protoweb.org/2026/02/06/www-wvia-org-2000-if-pbs-doesnt-do-it-who-will/">www.wvia.org (2000) &#8211; If PBS Doesn&#8217;t Do It, Who Will?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://protoweb.org">Protoweb</a>.</p>

operasoftware.com has been added to Protoweb! The post www.operasoftware.com (1998) – The Browser That Was Made For You appeared first on Protoweb.

First of all, I am thrilled to be part of the Protoweb team and this is my first contribution to the project. When I became part of the team, I immediately started brainstorming what my first website restoration project would be and, well, this was the result. Enjoy stepping back into time with this 1997 […] The post www.radioshack.com (1997) appeared first on Protoweb.

Are you excited for Santa to visit you this Christmas? You should check out what’s happening at the North Pole then. Everyone is very busy this time of the year. Santa is doing final checks on his list. The elves are finishing up on the toys. The reindeer are taking it easy before the long […] The post www.northpole.com (1997) – Santa’s Secret Village appeared first on Protoweb.

Protoweb started as a shared effort to preserve, explore, and learn from the early web and over time it’s grown into something more meaningful: a place where people bring real knowledge, curiosity, and care for the work and for each other. As more projects, conversations, and collaborators came together here, we recognized the need to […] The post Important News: Protoweb Code of Conduct Published! appeared first on Protoweb.

Do you still remember renting videos before the days of streaming? Blockbuster was probably the most well known of the video rental stores around. Founded in 1985, as a single store, it quickly evolved into a chain that spread all across the country. However, it wasn’t until 1996 that they started their first website. The […] The post blockbuster.com (1996) – Blockbuster Entertainment appeared first on Protoweb.

The Nightmare on Elm Street film franchise started in 1984 by the legendary Wes Craven. By 1999, 7 films in total were part of the franchise. Within the early web, these films had a cult following. This was one of the more well made fan sites was created in time for the VHS and DVD […] The post www.nightmareonelmstreet.com (1999) – A Nightmare on Elm Street Fan site appeared first on Protoweb.

Are you ready for the spookiest site in cyberspace? Then you have come to the right place. Today we have the Haunted Homepage from 1996. The main attraction on this site is the haunted house interactive game. Explore each room for chilling secrets while avoiding monsters, traps, and other spooky sights. Other areas of interest […] The post www.hauntedhome.com (1996) – The Haunted Homepage appeared first on Protoweb.

Have you ever seen ghosts? Is your house haunted? If so, this site may be of interest to you. GhostStudy was created by Jim Eaton in 1999 to document pictures, stories, and EVP audio of ghosts. The site features a large collection of pictures submitted by dedicated people along with their stories and analysis by […] The post www.ghoststudy.com (2000) – Ghost photo and research site appeared first on Protoweb.

The Blair Witch Project was released to theaters on July 14, 1999. At the time it was notable for combining the found footage filming style with the earlier release of the website. It was one of the first to make use of the Internet for driving interest. The creators documented events on the site as […] The post www.blairwitch.com (1999) – The Blair Witch Project appeared first on Protoweb.

Located in Fort Myers, Florida, PegaNet was the largest dialup ISP in the area. It originally started out as Pegasus Software and Imaging in 1969, along with Pegasus Project BBS later on. With the rise of the Internet in the early 1990s, they began offering dialup service for $15 per month. The homepage has been […] The post www.peganet.net (1998) – Southwest Florida’s largest ISP appeared first on Protoweb.

Kahn originally started out as Kahn97 in 1997 by Stargate Networks as an alternative to other similar services such as Kali. Earlier versions of this software had licensed options, but the last version (v1.3) was completely free. Originally designed to play Descent, it was expanded to other games later. The following games were supported, but […] The post Kahncentral.net (2000) – IPX gaming over the Internet appeared first on Protoweb.

The Videolan website from 2001. A huge archive of early VLC releases for multiple Linux distros, early PPC Mac OS X, and the first ever release of VLC for Windows. Soon to become one of the greatest pieces of free open-source software available on the internet. The post Videolan.org (2001) – The home of VLC Media Player appeared first on Protoweb.

Tingo was a service that provided ISPs with custom-branded internet software users could use on their desktops, such as web browsing, email, IM, bookmarks, etc. What made the service unique was the fact if generated revenue through service integration and reduced churn as opposed to the heavy advertisement and popup ads the early 2000s was plagued with. Tingo has been inactive since 2005. The post Tingo.com (2002) – Desktop software solutions for ISPs appeared first on Protoweb.

The homepage of the BBC Networking Club, the original site of the BBC, first established on the internet in 1994. The website is one of the oldest on Protoweb and is the oldest website hosted on the wayback machine, dated to March 1995. The site remained short lived as the BBC soon moved to bbc.co.uk towards the end of 1995. The post BBC Homepage (1995) – bbcnc.org.uk appeared first on Protoweb.

O2 is one of the UK's leading mobile networks, and has been since its rebranding from BTCellnet in 2001. This site contains information about a lot of the services and mobile devices available at the time. O2 - "See what you can do" The post O2.co.uk (2002) – The UK’s best cellphone network appeared first on Protoweb.

The web search feature to find programs that can open unsupported file types on XP is back in its original 2001 design (dead since 2006), a huge amount of file types are recognised by the service and contain links to a number of software sites The post Windows XP File Association Search – 2001 appeared first on Protoweb.

Zelda.com (2001) returns with guides, walkthroughs, lore, and a unique mini map navigation. Requires Flash Player. The post Zelda.com (2001) – Zelda Universe appeared first on Protoweb.

AddictingGames.com has been restored to its mid-2004 version, featuring classic browser games. Requires Flash, Shockwave, and Java plugins, available on Protoweb. The post AddictingGames.com (2004) appeared first on Protoweb.

1for1.com - Your free link to etraffic promotion The post 1for1.com – Your free link to etraffic promotion (1999) appeared first on Protoweb.

"Do a Barrel Roll!" The post www.starfox64.com – “We need your help Star Fox!” appeared first on Protoweb.

Nestled along California’s northern coast are two counties: Humboldt and Del Norte. Comprising a 5,282 sq. mi. (13,690km²) swathe of land, this region of the Golden State is an incredibly remote expanse that is taken up almost entirely by vast Redwood forests. Of the 164,206 individuals who live in these two counties, nearly half […] The post Northcoast.com – Northcoast Internet appeared first on Protoweb.

Leonardo DiCaprio is someone who I really only know through the movies he starred in later in his career, like Django Unchained and Shutter Island. I knew about Titanic and the fact that it made boatloads of money (haha get it), but it’s a movie that I’ve never seen nor care enough to watch. […] The post Dicaprio.com – The Unofficial Leonardo DiCaprio Home Page appeared first on Protoweb.

WWWVOice is…well, it’s a lot of things.For starters, its domain is www.wwwvoice.com, not www.voice.com; this is something that has already tripped up multiple people in the testing phase. Deliberately confusing names aside, the best way that one can describe this labyrinth of a website is as a brief glimpse into a parodic universe’s version of […] The post WWWVOice.com – Humor Zine Thing appeared first on Protoweb.

www.littledebbie.com (1996) The post www.littledebbie.com – Little Debbie Snacks appeared first on Protoweb.

Animal lovers and furries rejoice: four new websites focusing on animals have been restored! These websites all come from archives taken from the K-CD series, a collection of magazine cover disks that were widely distributed in Scandinavia. www.wolfpark.orgWhile wolves historically lived throughout the Great Lakes region, by the early 20th century they had been all […] The post Animal Extravanganza – Four new websites centered around the animal kingdom! appeared first on Protoweb.

The website of Basta Computing, a company that produced small shareware and freeware utilities for Windows, has been restored. They seem to have been quite well-known in their time, having won dozens of awards for their widespread software. Their most famous piece of software — if awards are a measurement of fame, that is — […] The post Basta.com – Shareware by Basta Computing appeared first on Protoweb.

The Diamond Lane was a smaller ISP based in Hayward, CA, a city located on the eastern side of the San Fransisco Bay Area. While it was far from the largest in the region — the Bay Area was a highly competitive market for ISPs, and I’ve managed to find at least twenty local ISPs […] The post tdl.com – The Diamond Lane appeared first on Protoweb.

Be the man now dog! The post yourethemannowdog.com – You’re The Man Now, Dog! appeared first on Protoweb.

First, some context. One of the most fondly remembered aspects of the old Internet was the prevalence of personal homepages; filled with animated GIFs, gaudy backgrounds, and barebones HTML, these are considered a staple of the web’s first decade. When brought up, names such as Geocities, Angelfire, and Tripod are typically the first to […] The post oz.net – Sense Networking appeared first on Protoweb.

RocketSnail.com has been added to Protoweb! This site features Experimental Penguins, a Flash web toy providing a live chat room. Site requires the Flash player plugin to browse. The post RocketSnail.com (2000) – Experimental Penguins appeared first on Protoweb.