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What's the oldest website that's still alive that you've found? (lemmy.today)

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[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Webtender - An On-Line Bartender.

The Webtender web site including, but not limited to the collection of recipes, web links and drinking games, as well as graphics and layout, is Copyright © 1995-2025, The Webtender/Pål Løberg unless stated otherwise.

https://www.webtender.com/info/c.html

Not only is it 30 years old, but it has searching built-in since at least 1997, if not the whole time. This puts it in a very special class: first-generation server-side web applications. Looks like it's still rocking cgi-bin.

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Wow! I’ve been using the internet since 1995 and I’ve never heard of this site. Thanks! I’m actually interested in learning about mixing drinks!

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 113 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Can't get older than this one:

https://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html

[–] mech@feddit.org 12 points 3 days ago

Neat. It even includes a table of content for the web.
https://info.cern.ch/hypertext/DataSources/bySubject/Overview.html

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

I remember visiting that site from an Arena browser on a remote X-Windows session. It was back when that site was still hosted on Tims NeXT cube on his desk.

[–] 843563115848@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

http://thebear.org/

This still exists. It's Grateful Dead related.

I don't know how to find any date info on it though, sorry.

[–] OriginalUsername7@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Looks like it was registered in 1998.

https://www.whois.com/whois/thebear.org

[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

That means Google is older.

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

I have a website that has been up since 1995. I haven't updated in 20 years or so.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 37 points 3 days ago (7 children)

I give you Warren Buffets company website.
https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/

The domain was purchased in 1996 It looks like they never updated the layout since.

[–] foodandart@lemmy.zip 29 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I just went through and checked out the site and hit a bunch of the links.. Honestly, with the nature of the data, there really is no reason to have more than the basics. Also, think of what Berkshire Hathaway is about and as far as maximizing everything that they can for the stake and stock-holders, it makes sense. Focus on the investment essentials, not the window dressing online.

I wish more businesses were oriented this way.

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 12 points 3 days ago (6 children)

it has taken on a life of its' own

That’s an apostrophe mistake I haven’t seen before.

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[–] chunes@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago (2 children)

unironically the best corporate site I've ever seen.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago

Straight up hard coding in a Geico ad is a strong choice...

I wonder if they change it or Buffet is still getting 1996 page view numbers on a perpetual contract?

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[–] Zak@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There's an ad on it, which gets past my adblocker since it's a simple hardcoded link and logo.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

How ads should be. Simple, non tracking.

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[–] AlexisFR@jlai.lu 2 points 2 days ago

All the visible content and the copyright is up to date at least!

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[–] Morphite88@thelemmy.club 34 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

Everything is possible at Zombocom, est. 1999

[–] 4grams@awful.systems 6 points 2 days ago

Best site on the internet. I was so worried when flash died, big sigh of relief when they went html5.

[–] fargeol@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago

Relevant XKCD : https://xkcd.com/855/

[–] astanix@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

The best place to test speakers

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Makes me so happy that that's still going.

[–] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 28 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Everybody get up, it's time to slam now! We got a real jam goin' down now!

Welcome to the Space Jam

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[–] Tudsamfa@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

No idea why this is the 3rd time this has come up now, but I just learned this year that an anti "barney the dinosaur" webpage is among the oldest still active ones, where you can shoot and stab him.

Hate for children's media for being... for children has really come a long way. Now we hate them for legitimate reasons, like peppa pig for being bloody monarchists and Bluey for being Australian.

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[–] Oaksey@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Honourable mention:
https://homestarrunner.com/

[–] Baggie@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Homestarrunner.net - "It's dot com!"

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 1 points 2 days ago

...Cut!

[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Their last big cartoon came out seven months ago, and it was a big celebration of the idea of going back to playing on individual websites instead of just being fed the same handful of social media crap.

Emulated Flash version on the h*r site - YouTube video version

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[–] f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

GameFAQs.com launched November 5, 1995, although it didn't have that name or URL until 1996.

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[–] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 22 points 3 days ago (2 children)

https://www.heavensgate.com/

The website of that big suicide cult. I don't know how old the site actually is but it's very 90s.

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 17 points 3 days ago

Fun fact, back in 2018 I emailed them asking if someone would take over once they were not able to have that responsibility, and if so, who. They replied the next day, and just said (copy and pasted from that email):

Yes, it will be. You would not know them.

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I wonder who's still paying for it.

[–] Zagam@piefed.social 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If I remember right, there's one dude that "stayed behind" to keep it up and running.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Uh-huh. What a sacrifice. /s

[–] Zagam@piefed.social 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In fairness, he may be the smartest of the bunch.

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 15 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

https://info.cern.ch/

[–] 843563115848@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

I remember using telnet to connect to that site so I could run a browser in the session because I didn't have a browser on my computer for some reason. Maybe this was before we had access to browsers.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

My MySpace page. Has ALL the animated dancing banana GIFs you could ever want.

[–] ObM@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

It’s nothing if it doesn’t have a yellow and black sign of a road worker scratching his butt.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Sluggy Freelance and Schlock Mercenary have both been around a while and both have (or had, when I still had time to read webcomics) stellar reputations for reliability.

I was going to mention User Friendly, but sadly that appears to be down. I think it was last time I checked, too, so I'm guessing it's a lost cause.

[–] Pazintach@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Lost Souls Domain

It's surely one of the first sites that I know and use, and it's still alive. I think it's from the 90s. (Looked it up again, their earliest visitor count starts at 1997)

Later we have Metal Archives, but I think Lost Souls Domain was the first website where you look for Metal music informations.

[–] azimir@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Peter's The Evil Overlord List is a treasure of the long before times: http://eviloverlord.com/

"The Top 100 Things I'd Do If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord"

Mandatory reading for anyone trying to be an Evil Overlord.

[–] showmeyourkizinti@startrek.website 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

"I will not grow a goatee. In the old days they made you look diabolic. Now they just make you look like a disaffected member of Generation X." - This site is so old Gen X were still surly youths when it was written.

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[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 days ago

https://netbsd.org/ registered March 1994

https://perdu.com/ registered June 1996.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 3 days ago (6 children)

Does SDF count? It's been going since 1987. Obviously the Lemmy instance is newer, and it's stretching the definition of website a bit.

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[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

https://zorotl.com/

The official page for the alien in the "I'm Blue" music video.

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