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Business Insider, Will Heilpern

What 12 famous brands' terrible websites looked like when they launched in the 1990s

In the mid-to-late 1990s, people started expecting their favourite brands to have websites.

Unfortunately, most of the resulting efforts were pretty terrible. There was no winning model to follow, so designers were left stabbing in the dark.

We used the Wayback Machine, which archives old websites, to dig up the some of the most basic sites brands like Coca-Cola and McDonald's had when they first launched in the mid-90s.

Mercedes-Benz: January 24, 1997

Mercedes-Benz: Now

McDonalds: November 10, 1996

McDonalds: Now

Pepsi: December 19, 1996

Pepsi: Now

Google: November 11, 1998

Google: Now

Apple: December 11, 1998

Apple: Now

Ferrari: April 17, 1997

Ferrari: Now

Coca-Cola: Jan. 15, 1998

Coca-Cola: Now

Amazon: August 16, 1995

Amazon: Now

Burger King: December 26, 1996

Burger King: Now

Gap: December 16, 1996

Gap: Now

Ebay: January 16, 1999

Ebay: Now

Domino's Pizza: December 19, 1996

Domino's Pizza: Now

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