Check out the Wayback Machine

So I was wandering around the internet when a thought came to my head; is there some way to see websites as they were 5/10 years ago?

Well, after some searching, you can! And it's brilliant.

It's called the Wayback Machine on Archive.org.

Here are some awesome examples:

TouchArcade Forums June 2008

Back when TouchArcade was a ghost town.


Link: http://web.archive.org/web/20080604014033/http://forums.toucharcade.com/

IGN December 1998



Link: http://web.archive.org/web/19981203161444/http://www.ign.com/

Gamespot May 1997

Worlds Worst Website



Link: http://web.archive.org/web/19970322074021/http://www.gamespot.com/

Google May 1999

Gotta hate the logo...



Link: http://web.archive.org/web/19990508232555/http://www.google.co.uk/

Apple.com February 2000

500MHz! That's pushing it a bit Apple.



Link: http://web.archive.org/web/20000226101337/http://apple.com/

Apple.com July 1997



Link: http://web.archive.org/web/19970715124703/http://www.apple.com/

Check out the websites through the links. You can even click on articles and go on other pages just like it was a live site.

However, some websites don't work as well as others. Microsoft/Ebay to name a few.

You can do your own searches here: http://www.archive.org by entering a URL in the Wayback Machine box.

Have fun and post your findings below!