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Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web while working at CERN, the European Particle Physics Laboratory.
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Andreesen and Clark start NetScape.
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HotWired site launches with ads from AT&T, Sprint, MCI, Volvo, and others.
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Time-Warner launches Pathfinder with test ads from AT&T.
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WebConnect is designed based on a direct response marketing model. Roy Schwedelson and Jay Schwedelson return from COMDEX with initial concepts on a banner ad placement service.
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Prodigy is the first commercial online service to offer Internet access to its subscribers.
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ESPN aggressively pitches advertisers on $1 million charter sponsorships of its future Web site and additional online properties
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WebConnect creates and offers accurate measurement tools to advertisers. Private URL's created to track Impression and Click-Through rates. New ad management technologies support animated GIF's, banner rotation, and CGI/Pearl scripting.
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An ad campaign featuring animated banners is launched by AT&T
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Time Inc. New Media agrees to syndicate some Pathfinder content on the Web site for the AT&T WorldNet Service
