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The World Wide Web (WWW) was created in 1990 by the British CERN physicist Tim Berners-Lee.
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The first web page went live on August 6, 1991. It was dedicated to information on the World Wide Web project and was made by Tim Berners-Lee. The first web page address was http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html.
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On 30 April 1993, CERN announced that the World Wide Web would be free to use for anyone.
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Netscape, Amazon & Yahoo launch the @ Sign and it causes confusion among newscasters.
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Time Magazine release the 1,000,000th domain. Time Magazine announces: Welcome to the wired world.
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In 2004, the use of websites is becoming more and more commercial and businesses/film industry begin to demand tools to manage their sites
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The rise of the film industry causes a surge in demand for advertising. The introduction of the Youtube and other online platforms allowed production companies to advertise online. However, large blockbuster films such as Star Wars and other Disney based Films decided to use websites to promote merchandise and other synergy
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The use of websites in the film industry has seen a decline since 2010. Big multi-national corporations make websites to advertise merchandise, however, the traditional, film website where the trailer is shown has seen a decline. The use of Youtube has provided a bigger platform to advertise on, as well as, Instagram and Facebook. With digital marketing and affiliate marketing becoming more popular there is no longer a need for film websites.