Twitter Login Page : Through The Years, 2006 Onwards
Nope, it's not Twitter's anniversary nor is it Jack Dorsey's birthday.
I was in WaybackMachine earlier, trying to see how some of my favorite websites looked during their early years. I typed Twitter.com in the search box and got these results. Just thought of sharing the screenshots with you as I find them totally inspiring; This set chronicles just how much a good website can grow in a span of 6 years.
Twitter Login Page : Through The Years
2006
![twitter 2006](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_u-yyU5vlE9jrXTRFOCJ6CtG0Eh6sy9BI3BdJSt-EbjFZtnm9meM4CaD5liDGeAmssU7cmHDEiIBGthaWiw0qKV10AZzqfo4m3RqSBD7wlcAp72S8dfxgeJZmZeA00s8T4=s0-d)
Twitter was created by Jack Dorsey in March 2006. He envisioned it to be an SMS-based social network.
2007
![twitter 2007](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_ucZ3fsc1k4skRp5Zo6uMD54hJbYCNRbEk1J2wGsglkmLClfDa_Rpg8saPeOE4bNqsj3TQuxESUSCJnB4R2KI3n6RxXR8-IUiTNmOHJcd0PfYqyHCFmwgRp5G1DcDNIEOBD=s0-d)
The site's popularity started to take off in 2007 with 400,000 tweets sent per quarter.
2008
![twitter 2008](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uUpDsTU2wHHNh-bYyrMKfh4TXVKxFJU6Sf4hnDa8MsGctByoIvoGOi6-8pXqSlkT70DvLixs3yzagN5LFlupOxIXBzbInKua0RS5C4bbRCPqFg9e61qJJ1WXjR55mvVg=s0-d)
Verification program was launched in 2008 -- allowing 'celebrities' and companies to get a verified Twitter account.
2009
![twitter 2009](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_u-dRVXFoRhCgPNOI6o_SvF66YER5oStl--OiRLsg9wrNKuTIrNGqGEFMAu-eLCO49uOfDCd5VuL6Y-FszITpG0cWM7Wjc6Fm-iF4jGwMwMXCnf9TN2dXwpHa_6ORkAM3g=s0-d)
A lot of changes in the site's interface were implemented in 2009. Some of the elements added were the search bar on the header and the trending topics sidebar.
2010
![twitter 2010](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sHlCy4_nbW9qakfAM_Fzgrx6loDMc9UfXyHNKDlT1UOSL5A-cCS4YdZxoSTDS3UlLCzeSmeVzpHyKYmY3YH0l72dDvf47ubWWBOwzgBR0FNHakcx-rBdjIISFl4j3z7Dg=s0-d)
Twitter generated $45 million in annual revenue in 2010. In the same year, the company announced an investment lead by Digital Sky Technology amounting to $800 million.
2011
![twitter 2011](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_v9S0qrbXZyDxlM10uoE6HtdhsbyZOeAmHSsI2tGCiHuWA46S3jJDD58fbVMuMNuXBhCP10sUZZSqMng15Wo5kXBZPjR66idmCcqo4_vYuiQxkcGs0TD5RTNlMj4NjMUZg=s0-d)
In June 2011, Twitter launched its integrated photo-sharing service allowing Tweeps to upload and attach a photo to a tweet.
To wrap this up, let me share a Twitter trivia:
The most followed Filipino on Twitter is the lovely Kapamilya star, Anne Curtis, with 1,633,729 followers as of writing.
I was in WaybackMachine earlier, trying to see how some of my favorite websites looked during their early years. I typed Twitter.com in the search box and got these results. Just thought of sharing the screenshots with you as I find them totally inspiring; This set chronicles just how much a good website can grow in a span of 6 years.
Twitter Login Page : Through The Years
Twitter was created by Jack Dorsey in March 2006. He envisioned it to be an SMS-based social network.
The site's popularity started to take off in 2007 with 400,000 tweets sent per quarter.
Verification program was launched in 2008 -- allowing 'celebrities' and companies to get a verified Twitter account.
A lot of changes in the site's interface were implemented in 2009. Some of the elements added were the search bar on the header and the trending topics sidebar.
Twitter generated $45 million in annual revenue in 2010. In the same year, the company announced an investment lead by Digital Sky Technology amounting to $800 million.
In June 2011, Twitter launched its integrated photo-sharing service allowing Tweeps to upload and attach a photo to a tweet.
To wrap this up, let me share a Twitter trivia:
The most followed Filipino on Twitter is the lovely Kapamilya star, Anne Curtis, with 1,633,729 followers as of writing.
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