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Don’t Be Disappointed…

By: Alison Christie

Apr 30, 2013

Earliest known version of the very first web site.

The @thefirstwebsite folks have posted the earliest known version of the very first web site.

This is a copy from 1992, the original was posted August 6, 1991, and if you can’t get it to open, try again later. As one redditor put it:

Brought back to life by the CERN. Promptly killed again by Reddit’s Frontpage DeathHug.

With a Major in witty comebacks and a Minor in motherhood, Ali is all about the words and has been sharing them liberally with all and sundry for years. Oh! The stories she could tell, but for those million dollar non-disclosure contracts she has signed. Moving swiftly on.