Web 1.0
The Formation of the World Wide Web
Tim Berners-Lee a scientist from CERN outlines his vision for what became the World Wide Web
March 1989
October 1999
First documentation released
Tim Berners-Lee publishes the first versions of HTTP, URI, HTML, CSS and the very first web browser.
The First Web Page
The first web page/website goes live using the first HTML tags. This is still available to view on the WWW.
August 1991
April 1994
Netscape comes online
WebCrawler Launches
The first text search engine to crawl the websites.
April 1994
July 1994
Amazon Launches
Jeff Bezos launches Amazon from his garage after renaming from Cadabra Inc.
45 Million Internet Users
1995
August 1995
Microsoft Internet Explorer Launched
eBay Launched
Originally known as AuctionWeb
September 1995
May 1997
First Social Media Platform
Known as SixDegrees.com
Google is launched
September 1998