A Timeline of Significant and Impactful websites

  • eBay Created

    eBay Created
    eBay was created by Pierre Omidyar. eBay was one of the first online place to buy and sell things from other people. eBay allowed individuals to bid on things they wanted or sell things they didn't want and have products sent to their door.
  • Netflix Created

    Netflix Created
    Netflix is created by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph. Netflix offered online streaming services as well as rental services through the mail. Although, Netflix was created in 1997, the company didn't become profitable until 2006. Netflix revolutionized the way movies were watched. Today there are over 200 streaming services trying to cash in on what Netflix did over two decades ago.
  • iTunes Created

    iTunes Created
    iTunes is created by Bill Kincaid. A media player that allowed people to buy music completely online. iTunes advanced into movies, tv shows and music being able to be bought and played on apple devices anywhere.
  • Myspace Created

    Myspace Created
    Myspace was created by Tom Anderson, Chris DeWolfe and Jon Hart. Myspace was the largest social media platform ever created with over 100 million users worldwide. It allowed people to be updated on other peoples lives, talk with people, find communities and share their lives with people online and created a new job. The influencer.
  • YouTube Created

    YouTube Created
    Youtube was created by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim. Youtube was a platform that allowed people to upload videos publicly. Google created another job, the YouTuber, who could make money off of ad revenue from their videos.
  • Twitter Created

    Twitter Created
    Twitter was created by Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Noah Glass, and Biz Stone. Twitter was another social media platform usually used to blog in short posts called tweets about anything. Twitter became a place to discuss issues, joke around and is still very successful to this day.
  • Tumblr Created

    Tumblr Created
    Tumblr was created by David Karp. Tumblr was another social media/blogging platform that allowed posts of photos, texts and messaging.
  • Instagram Created

    Instagram Created
    Instagram was created by Kevin Systrom. Instagram was another social media website that allowed people to post with only photos or short videos.