I started to use the Internet for the first time, back at University in 1998 at ESSEC/IMHI School near Paris.

Now, at that time, you didn’t have all the publicity around which websites you should go to and where to start. But I remember very well the services I used for specific queries.

Search Engine
in 1998: Dogpile
Today: mostly Google

Hotel Booking Website
in 1998: HRN (which became Hotels.com later on)
Today: too many too mention

Instant Messaging
in 1998: ICQ
Today: Skype or MSN Messenger

News Aggregator
in 1998: Net2One
Today: Netvibes

Email
in 1998: Essec university email (like 4543543tge@edu.essec.fr)
Today: Gmail mainly

What about YOU?

(HRN Homepage in 1998)               (ICQ Homepage in 1998)