• Hardware Used:

    Sun Ultra II, dual 200MHz processor, 256MB of RAM, 6 4GB Hard Drives

  • Top Meme:

    Dancing Baby

  • Browser Market Share

    • Netscape - 73%
    • Internet Explorer- 20%

  • Big Site Launch

    Craigslist.org

  • Hardware Used:

    A Sun Ultra II with Dual 200 Mhz and only 256 Mb of RAM; two 300 MHz Dual Pentium II Servers with 512MB of RAM and 9 x 9GB hard drives between the two; an RS/6000 with 4 processors, 512MB of RAM and 8 x 9GB hard drives; two 3 x 9GB hard drives and 6 x 4GB hard drives; an IBM-donated disk expansion box with 8 x 9GB hard drives; a home made Disk with 10 x 9GB SCSI hard drives.

  • Top Meme:

    Kasparov vs. Deep Blue

  • Browser Market Share

    • Netscape - 57.6%
    • Internet Explorer- 39.4%

  • Big Site Launch

    bbc.co.uk

  • Hardware Used:

    Two Dual Pentium IIs, 300mhz, 512mb, five 9gb drives, one Quad IBM RS6000, 333mhz, 512mb, eight 9gb drives, one Dual Sun Ultra II 200mhz, 256mb, three 9gb drives, six 4gb drives, and eighteen 9gb drives of disc expansion

  • Top Meme:

    Hampster Dance

  • Browser Market Share

    • Internet Explorer- 67.5%
    • Netscape - 30.7%

  • Popular Searches

    • Pokemon
    • Apollo
    • Slashdot
    • Y2K
    • Trenchcoat Mafia

  • Big Site Launch

    Blogger.com

  • Hardware Used:

    6,000 Linux-based servers

  • Top Meme:

    Peanut Butter Jelly Time

  • Browser Market Share

    • Internet Explorer- 82.2%
    • Netscape - 17.7%

  • Popular Searches

    • Napster
    • Britney Spears
    • Olympics
    • Gnutella
    • Vote

  • Top Meme:

    All your base are belong to us

  • Browser Market Share

    • Internet Explorer- 91.5%
    • Netscape - 7.2%

  • Popular Searches

    • Nostradamus
    • CNN
    • World Trade Center
    • Harry Potter
    • Anthrax

  • Big Site Launch

    Wikipedia.org

  • Hardware Used:

    8,000 servers. Details undisclosed.

  • Top Meme:

    Ninjas

  • Browser Market Share

    • Internet Explorer- 83.4%
    • Netscape- 13.2%

  • Popular Searches

    • Spiderman
    • Shakira
    • Winter Olympics
    • World Cup
    • Avril Lavigne

  • Big Site Launch

    Friendster.com

  • Hardware Used:

    100,000 servers. Details undisclosed.

  • Top Meme:

    O RLY Owl

  • Browser Market Share

    • Internet Explorer- 84.9%
    • Firefox - 23.6%
    • Mozilla - 7.2%
    • Netscape- 2.6%
    • Opera - 1.9%

  • Popular Searches

    • Britney Spears
    • Harry Potter
    • Matrix
    • Shakira
    • David Beckham

  • Big Site Launch

    myspace.com

  • Top Meme:

    Tron Guy

  • Browser Market Share

    • Internet Explorer- 76.2%
    • Mozilla - 16.5%
    • Netscape- 1.7%
    • Opera - 1.6%

  • Popular Searches

    • Britney Spears
    • Paris Hilton
    • Christina Aguilera
    • Pamela Anderson
    • Chat

  • Big Site Launch

    TheFacebook.com

  • Hardware Used:

    Google implements industrial shipping containers to house their servers, each containing 1,160, for an estimated total of 200,000. Each is powered by Intel and AMD x86 processors and comes with an integrated 12-volt battery in case of failure.

  • Top Meme:

    Leeroy Jenkins

  • Browser Market Share

    • Internet Explorer- 68.9%
    • Firefox - 23.6%
    • Mozilla - 2.8%
    • Opera - 1.5%
    • Netscape - 0.4%

  • Popular Searches

    • Myspace
    • Ares
    • Baidu

  • Big Site Launch

    YouTube.com

  • Hardware Used:

    An estimated 450,000 servers in 25 countries worldwide.

  • Top Meme:

    I Can Haz Cheezeburger

  • Browser Market Share

    • Internet Explorer- 60.6%
    • Firefox - 29.9%
    • Mozilla - 2.5%
    • Netscape - 0.4%
    • Opera - 1.5%

  • Popular Searches

    • Bebo
    • Myspace
    • World Cup
    • Metacafe
    • Radioblog

  • Big Site Launch

    Twitter.com

  • Top Meme:

    The Cake is a Lie

  • Browser Market Share

    • Internet Explorer- 56%
    • Firefox - 36.3%
    • Safari - 1.8%
    • Opera - 1.6%
    • Mozilla - 1.2%

  • Popular Searches

    • iPhone
    • Badoo
    • Facebook
    • Dailymotion
    • Webkinz

  • Big Site Launch

    Hulu.com

  • Top Meme:

    Rage Guy (FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUU-)

  • Browser Market Share

    • Internet Explorer- 46%
    • Firefox - 44.4%
    • Chrome - 3.6%
    • Safari - 2.7%
    • Opera - 2.4%

  • Popular Searches

    • Sarah Palin
    • Beijing 2008
    • Facebook Login
    • Tuenti
    • Heath Ledger

  • Big Site Launch

    Groupon.com

  • Hardware Used:

    16 GB RAM and 2 TB disk space per machine

  • Top Meme:

    And then there was Meme Generator.

  • Browser Market Share

    • Firefox - 46.4%
    • Internet Explorer- 37.2%
    • Chrome - 9.8%
    • Safari - 3.6%
    • Opera - 2.3%

  • Popular Searches

    • Michael Jackson
    • Facebook
    • Tuenti
    • Twitter
    • Sanalika

  • Big Site Launch

    Foursquare.com

  • Top Meme:

    Bed Intruder Song

  • Browser Market Share

    • Firefox - 43.5%
    • Internet Explorer- 27.5%
    • Chrome - 22.4%
    • Safari - 3.8%
    • Opera - 2.2%

  • Popular Searches

    • Chatroulette
    • iPad
    • Justin Bieber
    • Nicki Minaj
    • Friv

  • Big Site Launch

    Instagram.com

  • Top Meme:

    Rebecca Black - "Friday"

  • Browser Market Share

    • Firefox - 38.1%
    • Chrome - 33.4%
    • Internet Explorer- 21.2%
    • Safari - 4.2%
    • Opera - 2.4%

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