In Pics: Top popular websites & how they used to look like

Here we look back at some of the worldwide popular websites’ launch years and how they looked initially.

Check out the first version of Yahoo (1994). Credit: www.internetlivestats.com

How clustered Amazon was in 1995. Credit: www.internetlivestats.com

Originally called Auction web, eBay was founded in 1995. Credit: www.internetlivestats.com

The homepage of Yandex in 1997. Credit: www.internetlivestats.com

Here's how Google looked for the users who visited for the first time in 1998. Credit: www.internetlivestats.com

The first version of payment app PayPal (1999). Credit: www.internetlivestats.com

This is how LinkedIn looked like in 2003. Credit: www.internetlivestats.com

One of the most popular social networks worldwide, Facebook was this simple at its launch in 2004. Credit: www.internetlivestats.com

How basic was America’s popular photo-sharing and hosting service, Flickr in 2004. Credit: www.internetlivestats.com

YouTube was launched in 2005 and here is how it looked. Credit: www.internetlivestats.com

How complex Reddit was in 2005. Credit: www.internetlivestats.com

This is how the sign up page of Twitter looked in 2006. Credit: www.internetlivestats.com

Social networking website Tumblr used to look like this in 2007. Credit: www.internetlivestats.com

File hosting service Dropbox was launched in 2008 and had a very basic layout. Credit: www.internetlivestats.com

Check out the first version of American image sharing platform Pinterest (2010). Credit: www.internetlivestats.com