12th March 2014
It has been 25 years today since the World Wide Web was born. I still remember locking myself away in my bedroom 12-13 years ago and designing my first ever wrestling fan website using Geocities and Angelfire.
The web and web development has changed a lot since then and become an integrated part of everyday life.
Web developers have really innovated and driven the web since its inception. The possibilities of developing a website from a vision in your mind is now more possible than ever.
Web development companies have come a long way since the start of the web, with more and more people taking an interest in website development and offering programming services – Websites are now more affordable than ever – A true testament to how the web has evolved on its 25th Birthday.
Here’s a few of the key milestones over the last 25 years:
1989 – AOL launches messenger chat with the timeless greeting “you’ve got mail” which led to a film of the same name.
1991 – The first ever live webcam stream shows a coffee pot so that researchers could see when a fresh pot of coffee had been made!
1994 – One of the first online purchases takes place via a Pizza Hut website in which a sale for a pepperoni with mushrooms and extra cheese is purchased!
1995 – Amazon, craigslist and match.com all debut online
1996 – Hotmail email service launches
1997 – Netflix and Godaddy launch, Google.com becomes registered as a domain name
1998 – AOL sends every home on the planet a CD-ROM for their service taking their member total to over 16million
1999- Napster launches and is swiftly banned by many colleges before eventually being shut down after a well-publicised legal battle.
2000 – The dot-com bust happens as investors lose hundreds of millions if not billions of dollars.
2001 – Wikipedia launches
2003 – Apple launch itunes with 200,00 songs. Myspace.com is launched along with WordPress , Skype and Linkedin
2004 – facebook launched along with Mozilla firefox.
2005 – YouTube is launched on Valentine’s day .
2006 – Google buys YouTube, Twitter launches.
2007 – First iPhone launched
2008 – Groupon launches along with the Apple app store. HTML5 introduced to the web.
2009 – Viral videos launch everyday people into internet superstars
2010 – Pinterest and Instagram launch
2011 – Google+ launches, Microsoft buys Skype
2012 – Facebook tops 1 billion users, Ecommerce sales top $1 trillion worldwide.
2013 – Apple app store downloads top 40 billion!
2014 – Facebook buys whatsapp for $19billion and the WWW turns 25
With over 25 years website design, development and digital marketing experience, Craig Murphy is the managing director of ALT Agency and started building his first websites when he was just 12 years old. With a huge passion for web development and digital marketing, Craig is highly skilled in WordPress Development, PHP development and SEO strategy. Away from running one of the top rated web design agencies in Birmingham, Craig is a huge Formula 1 fan and speaks a lot about autism in business.
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