Do you know which one it is?... The world's first website is still active and you can visit it.
In December 1990, British physicist Tim Berners-Lee , then a researcher at CERN (the European Laboratory for Particle Physics in Geneva), created what would become the first website in history . Three decades later, the site remains active at its original address: http://info.cern.ch/ .
Its appearance is radically different from what we know today: a white background, plain text, no images, videos, or advertising. However, it represented an unprecedented technological leap , as it introduced hypertext links that allowed navigation between documents, laying the foundations for the World Wide Web .
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THE MESSAGE THAT INAUGURATED THE WEB
At the top of the site you can still read the original statement:
“WorldWideWeb (W3) is a wide-area hypermedia information retrieval initiative that aims to provide universal access to a large universe of documents.”
From there, in 1990, it was possible to access technical explanations of the project, mailing lists, guides, news, bibliographies, and programs for using this new system. Everything was geared toward helping scientists and technicians understand and use the tool.
HOW THE PROJECT WAS BORN
The idea was born in March 1989, when Berners-Lee wrote the document " HyperText and CERN ," in which he proposed a method for connecting and accessing information easily. A year later, with the support of engineer Robert Cailliau , he developed the first browser and the initial server on a NeXT computer.
By December 1990, the first website was operational at CERN. Its initial use was for scientific purposes, but in April 1993 , the laboratory decided to release the technology for free use, driving the global expansion of the Internet.
A LIVING DIGITAL HERITAGE
In 2022, the Telefónica Foundation proposed that the site be recognized by UNESCO as a Digital World Heritage Site due to its historical and technological significance.
Visiting it today is like traveling back in time: a simple, functional page with the motto of “universal access to information” that keeps the original spirit of the web alive.
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INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE FIRST WEB
• It was hosted on a NeXTcube computer that is now on display at CERN.
• The term “ surfing ” on the Internet was born with this project.
• The original website included instructions so anyone could create their own site.
• It had no search bar: navigation was entirely through text links.
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