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<rss xmlns:ps="http://trailfire.com" version="2.0"><channel><title>"1997 to present. The many faces of AOL.com" by goodstuff</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/goodstuff/trails/24599</link><category>goodstuff/trails</category><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>AOL in 1997</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/goodstuff/marks/48953</link><description><![CDATA[Remember when AOL was the hottest, most hip website on the Internet? Me either. That&#39;s what makes it interesting to look back at the many faces of AOL.com&#39;s homepage.<BR><BR>Here we start with the first available save thanks to The Way Back Machine.<BR><BR>It appears AOL supports free speech on the Internet. That&#39;s cool.<BR><BR>Next: What do they support in 1998?<BR><BR><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: bold;">Also</SPAN><BR><BR>Curious to see what Google, eBay and Digg used to look like? Check them out here:<BR><A HREF="http://trailfire.com/goodstuff/trails/24599">AOL</A><BR><A HREF="http://trailfire.com/goodstuff/trails/24542">DIGG</A><BR><A HREF="http://trailfire.com/goodstuff/trails/24538">Google</A><BR><A HREF="http://trailfire.com/goodstuff/trails/24550">eBay</A><BR><A HREF="http://trailfire.com/goodstuff/trails/24532">Yahoo</A>!<BR><BR>]]></description><category>1997 to present. The many faces of AOL.com</category><author>goodstuff</author><pubDate>Sun, 04 Feb 2007 06:27:11 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:48953</guid></item><item><title>AOL 1998</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/goodstuff/marks/48954</link><description><![CDATA[Well, in 1998 it appears AOL support hassle-free &amp; convenient shopping--online!!! Remember when we had to do all of that Internet shopping offline?<BR><BR><BR>]]></description><category>1997 to present. The many faces of AOL.com</category><author>goodstuff</author><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:26:09 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:48954</guid></item><item><title>AOL in 1999.</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/goodstuff/marks/48955</link><description><![CDATA[In 1999 AOL.com prepared for Y2K by looking like this. My favorite feature: Save Surfin&#39;. Basically, AOL shows parents and kids what Safe Surfin&#39; is all about.<BR>]]></description><category>1997 to present. The many faces of AOL.com</category><author>goodstuff</author><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:28:08 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:48955</guid></item><item><title>AOL 2001</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/goodstuff/marks/48958</link><description><![CDATA[In 2001, AOL made it a point to display that they were available Anywhere. Unlike those Yahoo scum.<BR>]]></description><category>1997 to present. The many faces of AOL.com</category><author>goodstuff</author><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:30:43 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:48958</guid></item><item><title>AOL 2002</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/goodstuff/marks/48960</link><description><![CDATA[I just want to point out that in 2002, AOL thought it was important to have a pop-up.<BR>]]></description><category>1997 to present. The many faces of AOL.com</category><author>goodstuff</author><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:33:12 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:48960</guid></item><item><title>AOL 2003</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/goodstuff/marks/48962</link><description><![CDATA[Not much to say, but this is what AOL.com looked like in 2003.<BR>]]></description><category>1997 to present. The many faces of AOL.com</category><author>goodstuff</author><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:34:41 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:48962</guid></item><item><title>AOL 2004</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/goodstuff/marks/48966</link><description><![CDATA[In all fairness, I am sure AOL.com didn&#39;t actually look like this in 2004. But if it did, I wouldn&#39;t complain. A very outside of the box type of design.<BR>]]></description><category>1997 to present. The many faces of AOL.com</category><author>goodstuff</author><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:39:24 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:48966</guid></item><item><title>AOL 2005</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/goodstuff/marks/48969</link><description><![CDATA[In 2005, AOL broke my heart by requiring cookies to browse AOL.com. So, this is what you get AOL.com 2005.<BR>]]></description><category>1997 to present. 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