Today, it seems near impossible to imagine a world in which the Internet did not exist. In fact, most people would probably admit that the idea of going even a day without the internet seems inconceivable. Staying away from Facebook or resisting the urge to Tweet for a mere 24 hours has become a feat few can claim to have achieved, with the average time spent on social networking sites today being around 3.8 hours a day.
With this in mind, it is easy to forget that the World Wide Web is actually no more than a quarter of a century old, as today it celebrates its 25th birthday. It was on March 12, 1989 that Sir Tim Berners-Lee presented the blueprint for the web – something which would completely transform the world.
However the internet didn’t always look like it does today. Google, for instance, didn’t enter the scene until the 90’s, and its original cartoon-esque logo seems far removed from todays. The now deleted, rather childish exclamation mark seems to really highlight the youth of the page, which has now matured into the sophisticated, stripped back homepage we know so well.