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Below
is a timeline of our online publishing history. Also included,
for reference, are key dates of major Web sites and internet services.
January
19, 1994 [image] [release story]
Palo Alto Weekly becomes the first
newspaper to publish its entire editorial content to the Internet
(first as http://www.service.com/paw, later as www.paweekly.com and finally as PaloAltoOnline.com)
February
1994
David Filo and Jerry Yang, Ph.D. candidates in Electrical Engineering
at Stanford
University, started their online guide, "Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web" in
a
campus
trailer. Shortly after, it was renamed and relaunched as Yahoo!
August
1994
America Online membership reaches 1 million
September
1995
eBay.com founded
September 25, 1996 [image]
Palo Alto Online was created using information from 1996 Info Palo
Alto and the back issues of the Palo Alto Weekly
January 1997
Local News Headlines appear on Palo Alto Online,
but it isn't until 2000 that it is a regular feature
February 1997
Created searchable Local Home Sales Database from the Palo Alto Weekly online archives (database today contains
more
than 32,000 entries)
January
1998
Internet usership
reaches 100 million users worldwide, which is only about two percent
of the world's population
March 4, 1998
Started posting sister newspaper, The Almanac,
online (AlmanacNews.com)
September
1998
Larry Page and Sergey Brin rename their search engine called "BackRub"
to Google and opened its doors.
February 4, 2000
Started posting sister newspaper, the Mountain View
Voice, online (mv-voice.com)
September 25, 2000
Palo Alto Online redesigned and started to add
features, such as an online poll
February 14, 2001
Pizazz launched to help business promote local offers
May 1, 2001
MovieScreener launched to search database of Palo
Alto Weekly Movie Reviews (database today
includes almost
1,900 titles)
July 2001
Created e-mail list to alert local residents
of breaking news
October 2001
Converted Open Home Guide to a searchable
database with ability to map address
January
2002
Palo Alto Online adds new Neighborhoods Section
April 1, 2002
Added comprehensive Restaurant Review Search with
more than 500 reviews from the Palo
Alto Weekly
June 15, 2002
Started offering local high school sports
photo reprints for sale online
January
2003
Launched Master Community
Calendar online and in our three
newspapers
June 28, 2003
Palo Alto Weekly (Palo Alto Online)
wins Second Place for Best
Web Site from the
California
Newspaper
Publishers Association in the
2002 Better Newspapers Contest.
November
2003
Palo Alto Online's Home Page tops one million page views for
the year
January
19, 2004
Palo Alto Weekly celebrates 10 years of online publishing
January 6, 2005
Palo Alto Online helps launch Fogster.com
June 2005
Palo Alto Weekly (Palo Alto Online)
wins First Place for Best
Web Site from the
California
Newspaper
Publishers Association in the
2004 Better Newspapers Contest.
May 31, 2006
Palo Alto Online launches redesigned site and Town Square
June 2006
Palo Alto Weekly (Palo Alto Online)
wins Second Place for Best
Web Site from the
California
Newspaper
Publishers Association in the
2005 Better Newspapers Contest.
March 21, 2007
Palo Alto Online launches enhanced Restaurant Section with partner, BooRah.com
April 19, 2007
Palo Alto Online launches local visitor site Destination: Palo Alto
October 2007
Palo Alto Online adds video content to online news stories
June 2007
Palo Alto Weekly (Palo Alto Online)
wins First Place for Best
Web Site from the
California
Newspaper
Publishers Association in the
2006 Better Newspapers Contest.
September 7, 2007
Palo Alto Online launches new Sports Section
April 18, 2008
Palo Alto Online launches enhanced Real Estate Section
September 22, 2008
Palo Alto Online launches Express, a daily e-mail edition
November 5, 2009
Palo Alto Online launches redesigned and enhanced Movies Section
November 16, 2009
Palo Alto Online adds Issuu.com virtual editions to print edition archives
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