08/06/2021

A Look Back At The Very First Website Ever Launched - 30 Years Later

It contained information about the World Wide Web Project

On August 6, 1991, the first website was introduced to the world.

And, while perhaps not as exciting or immersive as some of the nearly 1.9 billion websites that exist today, it makes sense that the first web page launched on the good ol' W3 was, well, instructions about how to use it.

The first website contained information about the World Wide Web Project. It launched at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, where it was created by British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee. On it, people could find out how to create web pages and learn about hypertext (coded words or phrases that link to content).

Please select this link to read the complete article from NPR.