Top websites each December from 1996 to 2013

[charminglife]

I'd forgotten about some of these sites, and I'm surprised that some are still so popular (ask.com?)

www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2014/12/15/from-lycos-to-ask-jeeves-to-facebook-tracking-the-20-most-popular-web-sites-every-year-since-1996/?tid=pm_pop

[wawa]

I think it's funny/cool that it only took one year for all those school websites to drop off the list as the internet really hit the mainstream.

Also, CMU REPRESENT! Robot high five!

What the hell is Glam Media?

[irishbride2]

I didn't realize yahoo was still big at all.

[SallyJ]

AOL still has a website? And what is glam media?

[mcsangel2]

AOL? really?

Also, it's amazing how consistent Amazon has been since 1999. I'm impressed.

[Velar Fricative]

Netscape, I hardly knew ya.

[wawa]

I think people like my mom who have had their aol email since 1998 and refuse to get a new one are more common than I realize.

[ttt]

Dec 16, 2014 15:18:01 GMT -5 irishbride2 said:

I didn't realize yahoo was still big at all.

Right? Who are these people using Yahoo?? 

[Deleted]

I use finance. yahoo. com quite a bit, and know it is widely used. I wonder if that is part of its popularity.

[Velar Fricative]

I *did* visit yahoo.com often for news headlines but not anymore because it sucks.

[wawa]

Yahoo's fantasy football platform is pretty popular too. And a lot of the random listservs and stuff I'm on actually use yahoo groups. And I think for anybody who is stuck using IE as a browser it defaults to a yahoo search engine and you have to change it if you want google instead. (or maybe that was just my old job? Not sure.)

Given that yahoo does work fine I'd imagine there are tons of people who never change that.

[blink]

Geocities and Angelfire and Tripod really dropped off after 1998. Its also interesting to see how isolated Myspace was.

[MrsAxilla]

Dec 16, 2014 15:46:34 GMT -5 ttt said:

Dec 16, 2014 15:18:01 GMT -5 irishbride2 said:

I didn't realize yahoo was still big at all.

Right? Who are these people using Yahoo?? 

Uh, me.  Why wouldn't I?  I've had it for...I dunno.  Forever.  What would I use instead?

To clarify, I use it for email.

[charminglife]

I'm surprised that no porn sites cracked the top 20 other than Penthouse in '96.

[tacokick]

Dec 16, 2014 15:18:00 GMT -5 wawa said:

I think it's funny/cool that it only took one year for all those school websites to drop off the list as the internet really hit the mainstream.

Also, CMU REPRESENT! Robot high five!

What the hell is Glam Media?

A fashion/food network. They also did ads for blogs for a while.

[polarbearfans]

Dec 16, 2014 15:28:18 GMT -5 mcsangel2 said:

AOL? really?

Also, it's amazing how consistent Amazon has been since 1999. I'm impressed.

I work retail and I cannot believe how many people have an aol email still... Mainly the olds.

[pixy0stix]

I use yahoo quite a bit.

[mrshandy]

Shocked that Yahoo is higher than Google. I haven't been on yahoo in forever.

[pixy0stix]

Dec 16, 2014 15:51:39 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

I *did* visit yahoo.com often for news headlines but not anymore because it sucks.

I go to the news page and filter by Reuters and AP.

[Deleted]

Dec 16, 2014 15:46:34 GMT -5 ttt said:

Dec 16, 2014 15:18:01 GMT -5 irishbride2 said:

I didn't realize yahoo was still big at all.

Right? Who are these people using Yahoo?? 

[wawa]

Dec 16, 2014 15:57:20 GMT -5 mrshandy said:

Shocked that Yahoo is higher than Google. I haven't been on yahoo in forever.

I'm surprised people are so surprised.  I feel like every year that yahoo and google switch spots there are multiple news stories about it.  

Not picking on your mrshandy, obviously you aren't the only one.

[mrshandy]

Dec 16, 2014 16:00:41 GMT -5 wawa said:

Dec 16, 2014 15:57:20 GMT -5 mrshandy said:

Shocked that Yahoo is higher than Google. I haven't been on yahoo in forever.

I'm surprised people are so surprised.  I feel like every year that yahoo and google switch spots there are multiple news stories about it.  

Not picking on your mrshandy, obviously you aren't the only one.

My H had a yahoo e-mail address for years and I finally converted him to google when I told him I never got spam in my inbox.

It just seems odd. I mean google is the equivalent of searching for something. But yahoo does have a hold on fantasy football. I just find the website so confusing and busy. Google is so much cleaner.

[ttt]

Dec 16, 2014 15:54:09 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

Dec 16, 2014 15:46:34 GMT -5 ttt said:

Right? Who are these people using Yahoo?? 

Uh, me.  Why wouldn't I?  I've had it for...I dunno.  Forever.  What would I use instead?

To clarify, I use it for email.

Oh ok. I can understand if it's your email. I thought it was people using it for search and all that other random stuff that used to be on it. 

[ttt]

Speaking of websites, the Atlanta paper just redesigned their website in an apparent competition for worst website ever: www.ajc.com

[MrsAxilla]

Dec 16, 2014 16:07:09 GMT -5 mrshandy said:

Dec 16, 2014 16:00:41 GMT -5 wawa said:

I'm surprised people are so surprised.  I feel like every year that yahoo and google switch spots there are multiple news stories about it.  

Not picking on your mrshandy, obviously you aren't the only one.

My H had a yahoo e-mail address for years and I finally converted him to google when I told him I never got spam in my inbox.

It just seems odd. I mean google is the equivalent of searching for something. But yahoo does have a hold on fantasy football. I just find the website so confusing and busy. Google is so much cleaner.

But you have no expectation of privacy with gmail.  Google itself said that in court filings.  I used to have gmail, but I stopped using it.  

[zoegirltx]

I still have & use a yahoo email addy a ton. I'd guess i've had it since the mid 1990's?? Although I did notice a ton of really old emails were gone...

[moreace01]

Dec 16, 2014 16:16:09 GMT -5 ttt said:

Speaking of websites, the Atlanta paper just redesigned their website in an apparent competition for worst website ever: www.ajc.com

I can't tell what's an ad and what is news. Which I suppose is probably the point - they only make money if you click on their sponsors. 

[pescalita]

Yeah, Google may win search, but yahoo has a lot of other content that bring people in one way or another. Google has their own ecosystem, but it hasn't been around as long. Add in the oldz and people like Carl (basically luddites with smart phones), and I'm not surprised.

[kittycatlove]

Dec 16, 2014 15:46:34 GMT -5 ttt said:

Dec 16, 2014 15:18:01 GMT -5 irishbride2 said:

I didn't realize yahoo was still big at all.

Right? Who are these people using Yahoo?? 

Umm, me

ETA:  I've had my yahoo email since the 90's.  I tried switching to gmail and I just don't like it.

[emisi]

My parents still use AOL for email. I tried to get them to switch to gmail - my mom succeeded, my dad refuses to use gmail. He says it's too hard.

Oldz, amirite.