How Websites Looked Ten Years Ago

NEOPETS!!!

Well, I was working at my second dot com in 2001 and you most definitely didn't have to mail in a money order for online shopping.

Money orders were used for ebay which was huge at the time.

I belonged to several parent support group forums, where I made friends for life. We even went to meetups all over the country!

Seriously, eBay only took money orders? I beg to differ. PayPal was available and I used it often for on-line purchases.

I worked for an Ebay offshoot then . If I remember correctly, right before I started, we took Paypal. Most people called in with credit card numbers during my time.

I remember when AOL search was more reliable than google and lycos.

Now it probably is again. XD

Ten years ago I was already buying books from Amazon using my first credit card, I was using Opera as my browser, my primary email address was @usa.net (when it was free), I accessed my Yahoo email account via Pop3 (when it was free), I was already using Google as my default search engine (though I was probably also using Altavista too), I had a Tripod.com website, I was still using a dial up service to go online, I joined dozens of e-groups mailing lists, usenet, irc, and online forums to debate other people, and I was using Napster and Gnutella to download music.

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