'Wayback Machine' shows how Houston websites have evolved over 20 years

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The internet has brought us all a long way.

It has brought Houston, its residents, schools, communities, leaders and businesses a long way, too.

Think, just for a second, about all the types of information you can access today, compared to say, 20 years ago. Heck, think about all of the things you couldn't find even 10 years ago.

People view the internet through the prism of their human progress. So, it's easy to forget that the internet has grown, too.

Fortunately, the 'Wayback Machine' allows us all to see that evolution.

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The site is an incredible archive that allows anyone to "explore more than 366 billion web pages saved over time."

The dot-com boom (which took place from roughly 1995 until 2000) saw investors pour money into a wide range of websites, thanks to the internet. After Y2K, some prominent internet-based companies went bust.

20 years later, it seems everyone has a website: businesses, sports teams, news outlet, radio station, interest groups, not to mention governments at the city state and federal level.

But all organizations and, or people started with a primitive website. At least compared to how websites look and function today.

Above, you can see how the websites of various Houston organizations and businesses looked 15 to 20 years ago.

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