# first web site **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 11, 2004, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-web-site/223924 "2004-01-11T03:46:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![King\_Friday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/43a26b/32.png) [@King\_Friday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Friday)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-web-site/223924/1 "2004-01-11T03:46:37Z")
What was the first ever web site? Microsoft? ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-web-site/223924/2 "2004-01-11T04:03:43Z")
[CERN](http://public.web.cern.ch/public/). ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-web-site/223924/3 "2004-01-11T04:03:44Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-web-site/223924/4 "2004-01-11T04:06:08Z")
Er, that’s “no” to **King Friday** , emphatic “yes” to **friedo**. Why can’t people learn not to post things when I’m in the middle of writing my own post? ---
**Author:** ![gypsymoth3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@gypsymoth3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gypsymoth3)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-web-site/223924/5 "2004-01-11T04:10:20Z")
[quote] Originally posted by **CERN.** wow, the net has come a long way… from physics to porn and everything else. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-web-site/223924/6 "2004-01-11T04:18:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Some Guy \* > Why can’t people learn not to post things when I’m in the middle of writing my own post? Sorry. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-web-site/223924/7 "2004-01-11T04:30:44Z")
'sokay. Just don’t do it again. ---
**Author:** ![aeropl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@aeropl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aeropl)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-web-site/223924/8 "2004-01-11T04:34:01Z")
That’s neat. Does a copy exist of that first webpage (or website) anywhere just for to see what it looked like? ---
**Author:** ![RM\_Mentock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-web-site/223924/9 "2004-01-11T05:11:46Z")
[Here’s an old one](http://www.ibiblio.org/pjones/old.page.html). I found it by looking up [something about early browsers by Paul Jones](http://www.localtechwire.com/article.cfm?u=3891). ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-web-site/223924/10 "2004-01-11T05:14:05Z")
I did the navigation for you here … [http://public.web.cern.ch/public/about/achievements/www/www.html](http://public.web.cern.ch/public/about/achievements/www/www.html)