Revisit Old Websites with Oldweb.today

For researching old websites, we will often use the Way Back Machine at www.archive.org to see historical changes and page advancements. It indexes sites with limited functionality, but is easily accessible at today’s page load speeds for the most part. But if you want the authentic experience of surfing bad websites from the late 90’s, you’ll want explore oldweb.today.

Oldweb.today allows you surf (or sit and wait forever) for old websites using various versions of Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer and emulates the lethargic pace of the interwebs at the turn of the century. It is so painful it’s almost a therapeutic reminder that 5Mbit/s is a comparative dream.

Check out some of your favorite sites and let us know what you find. We found particular joy in Madison.com when it was known as “Most On Madison”. The screen shot is in the post photo. Wow.