First Ever Website Created Is Still Online
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The first website created in 1991 is still online, sparking discussion about the early days of the web and other long-standing websites.
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1994 - https://fogcam.org
199? - http://www.toad.com (domain registration August 18, 1987, web site <= 1999 from archive.org)
199? - https://acme.com (domain registration April 17, 1991, web site <= 1996 from archive.org)
If you come to CERN, you can also see the NeXT machine that was the first web server.
https://web.archive.org/web/19981201210443/http://info.cern....