The useless pages

The useless pages

The Useless Pages was an example of early web humor. It was a list of links to web pages the writers deemed egregiously useless, with humorous descriptions. In time it grew to a directory with links archived by category. It helped disseminate many early minor internet memes. There were many imitators, and it spawned its own Yahoo category. Marc Andreessen once called it "One of the best sites on the Web." [ [http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/Webwise/0,3362,2-13-204_982134,00.html "Valentine's aftermath"] , "News24.com", February 16, 2001]

The site was founded by Paul Phillips in 1994 [" [http://web.archive.org/web/20000816121335/http://www.go2net.com/useless/history.html A Brief History of Uselessness on the Web,] " Copy of the Useless Pages history from the Internet Archive] . Steve Berlin took over in 1995 and started to update more regularly. In 1999 John Gephart IV took over and continued to update the site until early 2001.

The Useless Pages, which received coverage in the "New York Times" ["Can Twinkies think, and other ruminations on the Web as garbage depository," "New York Times", March 4, 1996] and "Wired" magazine, was a prominent example of the geeky, good-natured sarcasm of much early web humor.

ee also

Mirsky's Worst of the Web

References

External links

* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010616081433/http://www.go2net.com/useless/index.html Copy of the site from the Internet Archive]
* [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.02/scans.html?pg=4 February 1996 Wired article partly about The Useless Pages]


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