Tim Berners-Lee created the World Wide Web in 1989 while working at CERN, inventing the first web browser called WorldWideWeb. In 1990, he created the first website and server. By 1993, the World Wide Web was released to the public, and in 1994 the first online purchase was made from Pizza Hut. In the late 1990s and 2000s, major tech companies and social media sites like Google, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter were founded, revolutionizing how people use and share information online.

1. History: Websites
By Emma Weeks

2. 1989
• ENQUIRE by Cern is launched.
• This was the first creation of the World Wide
Web and was launched by Tim Berners-Lee a
British Scientist.
• First instant messenger launched by AOL.

3. 1990
• Tim Berners-Lee creates the first Web browser
named WorldWideWeb.
• First ever website and server made live at CERN
by Berners-Lee.
• Alan Emtage develops first search tool at McGill
University.
• 42% of adult Americans have used a computer.

4. 1991
• First web cam/live
stream is created so
that researchers can
check if their coffee
has brewed without
going to the kitchen.

5. 1992
• First image was put online by
Berners-Lee of “Les Horribles
Cernettes.

6. 1993
• WorldWideWeb is released by Cern as a public
domain.
• Mosaic 1.0 is created and published creating the
internet as it is known today as it was the first
public web browser.

7. 1994
• First known web purchase is made of a perreroni
pizza with mushrooms and extra cheese from
Pizza hut.
• Yahoo! is created by Jerry Yang and David Filo.
• Worlds first “click here” banner add is created.

8. 1995
• amazon.com launches as an
online bookstore.
• Auction web/Ebay is launched.
• Craigslist is launched.
• match.com is launched.
• Internet explorer and
Windows95 are launched by
Microsoft.
• MSN launched.

9. 1996
• Google launched.
• Nokia 9000 first phone with
internet function is released.
• 77% of adults send an email
every couple of weeks.
• Hotmail email service is
launched.
• Dancing baby is first viral
video.

10. 1999
• Napster an MP3 music sharing
site is launched ushering in
the age of digital music.
• The weather is the most
popular search result at this
time.

11. 2000
• 77% of internet users would not view audio or
video piracy as theft of property.
• 48% of internet users have taken part in online
shopping.
• 32% of internet users have sent an e-greetings
card.

12. 2002
• Xbox live launched much to critical dismay due to
the lack of broadband connections at this time.
• 44% of workers are using the internet at work.

13. 2003
• Skype is launched.
• LinkedIn is launched.
• Apple music is launched.
• Word press is launched.
• The CAN-SPAM act is signed
in by George. W Bush as one
of the first attempts at policing
internet SPAM.

14. 2004
• Mark Zuckerberg launches
Facebook as a social site for
Harvard University.
• Mozilla Firefox 1.0 is
launched.
• World of War Craft is
launched.

15. 2005
• The first YouTube video is
uploaded “Me at the zoo”.
• Reddit is created.
• 1/6 adults have sold an using
an online auctioning system.
• NewsCorp buys MySpace for
$580 million.

16. 2006
• Twitter is launched
revolutionising the way that
the world communicates.
• Google buys YouTube.

17. 2007
• The social media site Tumblr is launched.
• The first iPhone is launched at $499.
• 36% of Americans questioned state that they
would struggle to not have a phone which can
connect to the internet.
• This is interesting when compared with the 6%
who agreed to this is 2002.

18. 2010
• Pinterest an idea sharing site launches.
• Instagram and image based form of social media
launches.
• 35% of adults have a smart phone with apps.