Our Online Homes Need Infastructure - The History of the Web

A home online is about as essential as it gets. But we need to make that easier. Where are we heading to build this new web together?

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Expanding Access: The History of Ecommerce Part 1 - The History of the Web

The earliest work with selling things online was all about reaching a shopping public ready to log on and start. But along the way, they found a whole new audience for shopping, which changed the way we think about commerce on the web..

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Where did mainstream media come from? - The History of the Web

The term mainstream media is so common these days, we can forget where it came from. But it has an interesting connection with the web.

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Jay Hofmann's latest post (#thehistoryoftheweb) is entitled “The Free Web”. I couldn't applaud louder. Want to help the open web? → Put something on it. And do it for free.
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The Free Web - The History of the Web

There is something you can do to help the open web. Put yourself on it.

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The Website that Predicted AI - The History of the Web

There's a website developed with a personalized experience in mind. It touts major breakthroughs in predictive technology, driven by sophisticated algorithms that provide real-time recommendations. And it was launched in 1995.

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Cool URLs Mean Something - The History of the Web

Earlier this month, MTV News abruptly pulled their site off the web without warning, eliminating a virtual archive of pop culture news stories that date back to 1997. This move coincided with a series of similar decisions from MTV’s parent company Paramount, including a similar move on CMT, and the swift removal of 25 years […]

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🟡🔵 Where does SEO come from?
by Jay Hoffmann
@jay_hoffmann
#TheHistoryOfTheWeb #SEO

https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/where-does-seo-come-from/

Where does SEO come from? - The History of the Web

In 2007, one person tried to lay claim to the term SEO. But SEO had been invented by a community. It couldn't be owned.

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Beware the cloud of hype - The History of the Web

We don't know how this AI thing will turn out, but there is much to be learned from the cycles of hype that have already occurred on the web.

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🟢 The Netscape Mosaic Coup
by Jay Hoffmann @jay_hoffmann
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https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/postscript/netscape-mosaic-coup/

The Netscape Mosaic Coup - The History of the Web

In mid-April of 1994, Netscape co-founders Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark boarded a plane from Silicon Valley to Illinois, held a meeting, then flew back a few days later with a full engineering team in tow. And that’s pretty much how Netscape got started. A year before that, Andreessen had been a student at the University […]

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Wait, what's a bookmarklet? - The History of the Web

How this one small browser quirk turned into a tool used by countless people for decades.

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