Here's what 25 popular websites used to look like back in the day

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In honor of the world wide web turning 30, we took a look back at what some of the world's most popular websites looked like in their early days.
The early versions of sites like Facebook, Google, and BuzzFeed are almost recognizable compared to what they look like now.
Here's what 25 popular websites looked like back in the day.

The World Wide Web has come a long way since its early days.

Invented by Tim Berners-Lee 30 years ago on Tuesday, the web began as a way for scientists to more easily share information about their experiments. Things have changed quite a bit since then.

In honor of the web's birthday, we found the earliest versions of some of the most visited websites today, like Facebook, Google, and BuzzFeed. While we didn't quite go all the way back to 1989, even websites from the late 90s look shockingly dated in 2019.

Here's what the sites looked like then, and what they look like now. Web design has come a long way — oh, and the ads have gotten a lot more in-your-face.