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Helitha Rupasinghe
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Nostalgic Journey: '90s Websites That Still Render in Browsers Today

Here are 8 websites from the 90's that still render in browsers today:

1. AliWeb

Founded by Martijn Koster in 1993 and released the following year. It became one of the most popular websites in the 90s.

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2. Yahoo

Created by Jerry Yang and David Filo in 1994. Yahoo was one of the first search engines to offer a directory of websites organized by categories.

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3. Lycos

Lycos is another old-school search engine that still has a functioning site. It owns several other nostalgic internet brands, including Angelfire, Tripod, and Gamesville.

Lycos

4. Webcrawler

Webcrawler was launched in 1994 by Brian Pinkerton. It was also the first search engine to provide full-text search and is one of the oldest examples of a search engine.

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5. Excite

Excite is another of the oldest search engines. It was launched in 1995 and was one of the first search engines to offer personalized search results.

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6. The Palace

The Palace was a graphical chat software that was popular in the 90s. It was released in 1996 and allowed users to create their own avatars and interact with others in a virtual world.

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7. Askjeeves

Ask Jeeves was a web search engine that was popular in the 90s. It was launched in 1996 and allowed users to ask questions in natural language .

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8. Dogpile

Dogpile, introduced in 1996 and it was unique for its meta-search approach, combining results from multiple search engines.

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Conclusion

While you enjoy the conveniences of modern browsing, take a moment to explore these digital time capsules using the Wayback machine and appreciate the simplicity that paved the way for the internet as we know it.

If you believe there are more hidden gems from the '90s, share it in the comments down below. ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ’ฌ

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