GameFAQs.com launched November 5, 1995, although it didn’t have that name or URL until 1996.
I just used them last week for a walkthrough on some old GB games I haven’t played in 20 years.
Can’t get older than this one:
Relevant XKCD : https://xkcd.com/855/
I give you Warren Buffets company website.
https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/The domain was purchased in 1996 It looks like they never updated the layout since.
I just went through and checked out the site and hit a bunch of the links… Honestly, with the nature of the data, there really is no reason to have more than the basics. Also, think of what Berkshire Hathaway is about and as far as maximizing everything that they can for the stake and stock-holders, it makes sense. Focus on the investment essentials, not the window dressing online.
I wish more businesses were oriented this way.
it has taken on a life of its’ own
That’s an apostrophe mistake I haven’t seen before.
There is an it. And then there’s another it. And some more its, perhaps.
I don’t know what the life of their own is, though. I am also not sure if I do want to know.But rest assured: It was surely not a mistake.
The its are coming. I, four one, welcome our it overlords!Hmmm. Interesting…
Plural and possessive? Which doesn’t make sense. Idk
it
Its’
Yep. One appears plural.
unironically the best corporate site I’ve ever seen.
Straight up hard coding in a Geico ad is a strong choice…
I wonder if they change it or Buffet is still getting 1996 page view numbers on a perpetual contract?
Which is kind of the general vibe of BH. They’ve never bought the hype, and have kept going with boring but practical.
There’s an ad on it, which gets past my adblocker since it’s a simple hardcoded link and logo.
How ads should be. Simple, non tracking.
I notice the page does have Google Analytics, which is the only thing that did get blocked.
If you have any comments about our WEB page, you can write us at the address shown above
i love this part, reads like oh yeah well what if you do wanna tell us about our WEB page you fuckin NERD
I like to think they got too many email along the lines of
Sign up with our SEO plan and we will drive up engagement to your site and increase user retention time using the latest technology of (insert buzzword of the day, synthetic testing, machine learning, blockchain, native cloud, hybrid cloud, web2.0 , web3.0, etc).
dear mr buffet, find enclosed a sample of big dick power pills as a gesture of good will
that’s why he makes the big bucks
Everybody get up, it’s time to slam now! We got a real jam goin’ down now!
THAT’S what I was looking for!
Relevant Red Letter Media short film: The Great Space Jam.
The website of that big suicide cult. I don’t know how old the site actually is but it’s very 90s.
Fun fact, back in 2018 I emailed them asking if someone would take over once they were not able to have that responsibility, and if so, who. They replied the next day, and just said (copy and pasted from that email):
Yes, it will be. You would not know them.
I wonder who’s still paying for it.
If I remember right, there’s one dude that “stayed behind” to keep it up and running.
Uh-huh. What a sacrifice. /s
In fairness, he may be the smartest of the bunch.
https://netbsd.org/ registered March 1994
https://perdu.com/ registered June 1996.
Peter’s The Evil Overlord List is a treasure of the long before times: http://eviloverlord.com/
Copyright 1997
“The Top 100 Things I’d Do If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord”
Mandatory reading for anyone trying to be an Evil Overlord.
“I will not grow a goatee. In the old days they made you look diabolic. Now they just make you look like a disaffected member of Generation X.” - This site is so old Gen X were still surly youths when it was written.
Love that site!
The official page for the alien in the “I’m Blue” music video.
Does SDF count? It’s been going since 1987. Obviously the Lemmy instance is newer, and it’s stretching the definition of website a bit.
You ask as if people know what SDF is.
Super Dimension Fortress, obviously
Since it’s my instance and you can probably click to it through my username, I felt like a link would be overkill. But: www.sdf.org.
That was honestly kind of rhetorical, too. It’s been something you could connect to since the 80’s, and it’s still an everyday part of my life, which is related enough to mention even if OP wouldn’t call that a website.
That didn’t really answer the implied question.
The oldest one I regularly use is this one: https://web.archive.org/web/19961108115333/http://www.kela.fi/
It’s the Finnish state organ for giving people their welfare benefits and operating the national health insurance system. So, if you get a child, you get an amount of money per month from Kela for having a child. (Because they want the population to grow).
Or, if you end up unemployed for a longer time, it’s Kela that will pay your unemployment benefits.
Of if you break your leg, it’s Kela that pays for your hospital care. I don’t know how many forms I’ve already filled on their website :DBut yeah, the site’s been around for a while now.
The modern version looks ass.
I recently had to dig deeper into Regex than I thought one could dig into Regex and found this website that claims it’s from 2003: https://www.regular-expressions.info/
This is still operational. Early middleware for online multiplayer in video game emulators. I’m surprised to see a few still use it.
Edit: 2001
theguyintheglass.com (about the poem) was last updated on 1998-10-03 and created on 1997-12-25 according to the footer.
