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  1. @internetarchive
    I was in my late teens and early 20s when Disney was doing this... It confused me because of all the redirecting and I actually remember thinking that it could be dangerous... I wondered who go.com was and why I ended up there. Had no inkling that domain redirection (misdirection?) would become the privacy and security nightmare it is today.

    #WaybackMachine #InternetHistory #WebArchive #SummerOnline

  2. ☀️ Summer online in the late 90s? Disney hoped you’d start at Go․com.

    It launched in 1998 as a bold web portal strategy to unify Disney’s online presence—ESPN, ABC, Disney—all under one digital roof. But starting in 2001, it was gradually stripped of services & branding. Now it's just directs to a page about the Disney Company.

    Check out its short life with the #WaybackMachine
    ➡️ web.archive.org/web/2001111608

    #InternetHistory #WebArchive #SummerOnline