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15 Fascinating History Sites That Make the Past Come Alive

These interactive educational websites and tools prove that the re-telling of historical events can be entertaining and fun.

It is difficult to make sense of time, isn't it? Then let's reflect on how impossible it is to do the same with 5000 years of recorded human history. Right now, even the birth of the internet seems ages ago. The Sumerians captured history in their own way, and we in the digital age are doing it with these fascinating history websites that combine interactivity with storytelling to bring our past alive.

If you didn't like history in school, you can make up for those poor grades by enjoying the fifteen sites below. As they prove – history was never dull. We just thought it to be so.

1.  Histography

Sounds, animations, and visuals. What else do you need to "relive" history? Histography gives you all three on an interactive timeline that spans across 14 billion years of history , from the Big Bang to 2015. The historical information comes from Wikipedia, and the timeline self-updates as new events are recorded. Move the mouse across the timeline to speed through history. Focus on one historical event to know more about it. Or, use the categories on the left bar to dive into related events.

The timeline helps you understand the cascading impact of related events on the world.

2.  Histagrams

There shouldn't be anything remarkable about a site that combines Instagram and history. Except, there is. A lot of the photos will sum up the value of the site for you. Historical events and photos are presented with tongue-in-cheek comments and they just might make you relive the moments that shaped our world. It's almost as if event makers from the past shared the snaps themselves.

3.  A History of The World

The BBC takes a different approach to explore history. A History of the World in 100 Objects is their tagline, and it works. The objects are spread across the ages from 2 billion years ago to 2010. Many more museums across the UK have added more objects from their own collections. Go from a Woolly Mammoth's tooth to a Honda Civic from 1979.

Also, listen to the excellent series of podcasts that retell humanity's history through the objects we have made.

The page is archived and is no longer updated, but the information stored still makes it a fun history website to visit.

4. HistoryExtra

If the last website is an educational archive, then this one keeps up with the times past and present. HistoryExtra is the official website for BBC History Magazine and BBC History Revealed.

The site also produces a history podcast, but the most interesting section could be the Historical Q&A section that takes a question and gets to the bottom of it with historical fact-finding.

For instance, learn if Churchill and Hitler ever meet? And if you think you know all the answers, then try out the Historical Quizzes section.

5. Museo Gallileo

Enter the virtual portals of The Museo Galileo in Florence, Italy. The virtual museum has more than 1,000 objects on permanent exhibition. In-depth descriptions of all objects, a detailed glossary index, and biographies of inventors and artists form the backbone of the exhibits. The site is made up of several multimedia exhibits displayed on their own individual sites.

But the best part is the virtual exhibit of more complex objects like Galileo's telescope and his compass or Leonardo da Vinci's works. The exhibits are organized by themes and reconstruct the historical contexts behind the inventions.

The recommended route is to go through the virtual museum room by room as you would do in the real world.

Show me "everything." This simple concept explains the function of this educational site from the UK . The creators know that browsing through all museum galleries and archives can take a few lifetimes. The site is a shortcut through the historical bylanes and the dusty corners with games, videos, stories, and homework help. Sort through the collections by topic or tag and find out where they are being displayed.

Show Me is an educational tool for teachers and students, but there's a lot to discover for any adult interested in history. The short descriptions can spark more searches, or you can directly visit the exhibitions if they are nearby for a family day out.

7. History Explorer

The Smithsonian is the largest museum complex in the world. It may be the cradle of American history but many of the exhibits can be connected to the rest of the world. The History Explorer is an interactive exhibit curated from the 3 million items in the Museum's collections.

It is meant for use by K-12 teachers and students, afterschool program providers, families, and anyone interested in lifelong learning. Use the filtering tools on the right side of the screen to narrow your results by grade, resource type, or historical era.

Learn about American history by investigating the artifacts and the stories behind them. You can take a virtual look at the Gunboat Philadelphia, a warship sunk in Lake Champlain in 1776. Or direct an interactive movie of your own with images from an online image database.

8. Mission US

Mission US is an interactive exploration of US history for middle and high school classrooms. The four interactive games are designed to immerse the players in rich, historical settings. You have to make everyday choices to understand how ordinary people experienced the past. One of the objectives of the site is to help relive the past and develop historical empathy.

For example: In the "City of Immigrants," you learn how to survive in New York's Lower East Side as Lena, a young Jewish immigrant from Russia. Lena works long hours in a factory for little money in order to bring her parents to America. She gets caught up in the growing labor movement in the early part of the 20 th Century.

9. History of Vaccines

It's as good a time (or bad) as any to educate ourselves on the role vaccines play in public health. This educational resource takes you through the history of immunizations and how they have ensured life for a large section of our population.

The Coronavirus informative articles and the Coronavirus Timeline are timely reads too.

10. A History of The Second World War in 100 Objects

Just like the Show.Me, this Dutch site presents the best collections from 25 war and resistance museum s across the Netherlands. It is a short behind the scenes look at objects of historical value that also became symbols of The Second World War . Click on the thumbnails or use the dropdown index.

One of the more interesting items on display is a foldable motorcycle that was airdropped during the Battle of Arnhem.

11. Royal Constellations

Royal marriages were strategic imperatives and an exercise to preserve their bloodlines. Someone rarely married a commoner. Use this interactive historical website to discover the vast royal family tree as each marriage between kingdoms led to entangled relationships.

The visual doesn't go very far into the past but offers enough connections to help you understand how all ten of today's European hereditary royal leaders can be connected to each other through their ancestors.

12. Smarthistory

Smarthistory wants to make public art accessible to everyone. The site showcases public art history with thousands of free videos and essays written by scholars who are art historians, archaeologists, and museum curators.

Use the search box or the Histories of Art pulldown menu at the top of every page to explore the resources on the site. You can also cite the resources in an essay or paper as the site is an open educational resource.

13. David Rumsey Map Collection

The American map collector is among the well-known map collectors and cartographers in the world. His 63,000-strong historical map collection is perhaps the largest resource available on the web for the public. Here you can find rare maps from the 16th through the 21st Century of America, North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Pacific, and the world. Many more are being added every day as the total collection is 150,000 strong.

Maps are convenient places to merge the ancient with the modern. Use the LUNA Browser to view multiple maps from different time periods. Create your own collections for studying history, art, genealogy, explorations, and your own family history.

14. Epic History TV

YouTube is the television you wished you had in school back in the day. The Epic History TV channel on YouTube is just one of the places to catch up on the history of our fascinating past.

The trailer above will tell you all about the effort that goes into the production. Start with any video and follow the stories told in one single video or in a series.

15. Stuff You Missed in History Class

Tracy and Holly forgive you for hating history in school. Thanks to their podcasts, you can redeem yourself easily. These history podcasts are easy to listen to and explore in-depth the stories that make up some of the most interesting parts of history.

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Most Visited History Websites Ranking Analysis for May 2024

worldhistory.org is ranked number 1 as the most popular website in the History category in May 2024. The average amount of time that users spend on the website is 00:07:38 minutes, and they see, on average, 1.40 pages per visit. Pages per visit is a popular engagement metric that is calculated by dividing the total number of website views by the total number of visitors. The bounce rate for worldhistory.org is 47.97%, meaning that 47.97% of visitors leave the website after viewing just one page.

vymanga.net and archives.gov are 2nd and 3rd on the list. In terms of user engagement, vymanga.net has an average visit duration of 00:07:39 minutes, an average pages per visit of 6.25, and a bounce rate of 32.49%. Similarly, archives.gov’s average visit duration is 00:02:56 minutes, its average pages per visit is 3.87, and its bounce rate is 61.95%.

cervantesvirtual.com is a top History website that ranks in 4th place. On average, visitors remain on-site for 00:02:16 minutes and 70.15% of those visits bounce after viewing just one page. In addition, the average website pages viewed per visit is 2.33.

Number five on our list is alternatehistory.com, a top History website. Visitors see 6.06 pages per visit and spend 00:08:04 minutes on the website. The bounce rate for alternatehistory.com is 40.21%.

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Question: What are the top 5 most popular History websites in the world? Answer: The top 5 most popular History websites in the world in May 2024 are: 1. worldhistory.org 2. vymanga.net 3. archives.gov 4. cervantesvirtual.com 5. alternatehistory.com.

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EDSITEment! ★★★★★ EDSITEment is a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Trust for the Humanities that offers free resources for teachers, students, and parents searching for high-quality K-12 humanities education materials. All websites linked to EDSITEment have been reviewed for content, design, and educational impact in the classroom. They cover a wide range of humanities subjects, from American history to literature, world history and culture, civics, language, art, architecture, and archaeology, and have been judged by humanities specialists to be of high intellectual quality.

TedED ★★★★★ TedED provides a generous repository of short animated videos on subjects ranging from the Vestal Virgins to the Cuban Missile Crisis. The videos are accompanied by guided discussions and short quizzes.

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History ★★★★★ Gilder Lehrman offers Lesson Plans, Primary Source Documents, Online Exhibitions featuring engaging images, and other content to enrich at-home learning, organized by time period and topic.

Center for History and New Media ★★★★★ CHNM produces historical works in new media, tests their effectiveness in the classroom, and reflects critically on the success of new media in historical practice. CHNM provides links to their excellent online history resources, such as Eagle Eye Citizen–an interactive site for learning about the constitution–and History Matters, a site with U.S. History articles and lesson plans. Resources are designed to benefit professional historians, high school teachers, and students of history.

Digital History ★★★★★ A great new site that includes: a U.S. history e-textbook; over 400 annotated documents, primary sources on slavery, Mexican American and Native American history, and U.S. political, social, and legal history; short essays on the history of film, ethnicity, private life, and technology; multimedia exhibitions; reference resources that include a searchable database of 1,500 annotated links, classroom handouts, chronologies, glossaries, an audio archive including speeches and book talks by historians, and a visual archive with hundreds of historical maps and images. The site’s Ask the HyperHistorian feature allows users to pose questions to professional historians.

TimeMaps ★★★★★ TimeMaps allows students to view maps of world cultures and civilizations, contextualize them on a timeline with their contemporaries, and get a broad understanding of their rise and fall. Maps are annotated and link to encyclopedic entries. See TimeMaps’ teacher section for more details. A must-see resource!

Spartacus: History ★★★★★ Run by a small educational publishing company, this website provides free online materials for major history curriculum subjects. Visitors can sign up for a free monthly e-mail newsletter covering web reviews and using technology in the history classroom.

Stanford History Education Group ★★★★★ An excellent website for educational history content, Stanford History Education Group offers a plethora of lesson plans, discussion modules, online articles, other publications. A major focus of the site is raising students’ ability to critically parse both historical documents and online news articles, and this is reflected in their content. The group also offers a “Civic Online Reading” curriculum to further this goal.

Big History Project ★★★★★ Big History Project is a free, online, multimedia life history course designed for classroom use. From the Big Bang to the present, it focuses on the broad themes and essential questions that address the emergance of life on our planet, the evolution of advanced species, and the development of human civilizations.

World History for us All ★★★★☆ Presents world history curricula broken into manageable units. Plenty of lesson plans and discussion question pdfs are available for download.

Discovery Channel Social Studies Techbook ★★★★☆ Discovery Education’s “Techbook” is a collection of multimedia resources designed to supplement history lessons. It isn’t free, but you can request a demo on their website.

BBC: History ★★★★☆ BBC’s History section offers an impressive array of exhibitions, activities, games, photo galleries and other resources. Major categories include: Ancient History, Archaeology, Church and State, Science and Discovery, Society and Conflict, War and Culture, and Family History. There are also sections entitled Multimedia Room, Historic Figures, Timelines, Programmes, Reading Room, Talk History, For Kids, and History Trails.

House of European History ★★★★☆ Offers five lesson plans on broad topics such as identity, borders, and race.

PBS Online ★★★★☆ PBS has a great source for information on a myriad of historical events and personalities. PBS’s assorted and diverse web exhibits supplement specific individual television series and generally include a resume of each episode, interviews (often with sound bites), a timeline , a glossary, photos, and links to relevant sites. Categories include American History, World History, History on Television, and Biographies. Go to the PBS Teacher Source for lessons and activities.

Digital Public Library of America ★★★★☆ The DPLA provides a searchable database of million of primary sources. It has also sorted the best of its collection into “Source Sets” around a certain theme, such as Women in the Civil War, Environmentalism in the Progressive Era, and Negro League Baseball. Each source set is supplemented with discussion questions, lesson plans, and a study guide.

History Teacher ★★★★☆ An impressive, award-winning site from a New York high school teacher. Features many research links and curriculum resources for Global Studies, U.S. AP History, US European History, and American History and Government. Also has quizzes, news links, and more.

History Channel ★★★★☆ A companion to the television channel, this commercial site contains a myriad of features and highlights for educators and students alike. Key offerings include: study guides and activities, ideas from teachers, special exhibits, speech archives, discussions, and “This Day in History.” Also, try the UK site at www.thehistorychannel.co.uk and student site: www.historystudystop.co.uk

The History Place ★★★★☆ This informative site features worthwhile exhibits (eg. American Revolution, Holocaust, Civil War),special presentations, essays, homework aids, and a guide to historic American areas.

National Council for the Social Studies ★★★★☆ National Council for the Social Studies offers support for social studies educators. Links are categorized by themes of the Curriculum Standards for Social Studies. Teachers share classroom experiences at the site and on the NCSS listserv.

Academic Info: History ★★★★☆ Academic Info is a gateway to educational resources; the History Gateway provides links to World History Resources, Country and Regional Histories, Topical Histories, European History, and Additional Sites of Interest.

Smithsonian Learning Lab ★★★★☆ The Learning Lab offers content to educators, parents, and students after the creation of a free account. The database is keyword searchable and features lesson plans — many pertaining to history.

Teacher Oz’s History Page ★★★★☆ An extensive and up-to-date list of humanities-related web sites covering: Ancient History, United States History and Government, The World, Wars, and Info, Military History Middle Ages, Renaissance, and The Enlightenment, England, France, and Russia, Biographies, Religion, Cultures, and Women and much more. Sites are usually not described or rated, however

Voice of the Shuttle: History Page ★★★★☆ Part of an extensive guide to humanities resources that provides numerous links to feature sites, teaching resources, electronic journals, course syllabi, and much more

History Net ★★★★☆ Offered by the National Historical Society, this well-organized site covers a diverse set of topics in World and American history. Noteworthy features include a picture gallery, archives, links to full-text historical magazines, eyewitness historical accounts, special features and book reviews

WWW-VL The History Index ★★★★☆ The Central Catalogue provides direct links to network sites through its index and maintains a large number of files of pointers for countries, periods, and subject for which there is not yet a member site. A diverse and broad site with links to a multitude of topical historical areas. The scope of the listed categories is impressive, but some topics have a longer reach than others. Maintained by Lynn Nelson, Department of History, University of Kansas

Education World ★★★★☆ This worthwhile commercial site contains lesson plans, special features, and is divided into 20 sub-categories including: Documents, Famous People, Women, Classical/Ancient History, Preservation, and more. They have reviewed over 700 web sites and have formulated yearly “Best Of” lists.

Scholars’ Guide to WWW ★★★★☆ An extensive and well-organized guide to using the Web for general academic ends. Has an impressive set of history links.

Education Index ★★★★☆ An annotated guide to the best education-related web sites. Reviews of historical sites are useful and comprehensive, though no distinction is drawn between American and World history. Well organized and reliable

World History: HyperHistory ★★★★☆ Hyper History Online covers 3000 years of history through timelines, lifelines, maps and graphics. Much is under construction but the site holds promise

SchoolHistory.co.uk ★★★★☆ School History is a bountiful online history site that offers huge numbers of freely download-able resources, interactive and entertaining history games and quizzes, interactive online lessons together with comprehensive links to online resources.

The History News Network ★★★★☆ The HistoryNewsNetwork was created in June 2001 and features articles by historians on both the left and the right who provide historical perspective on current events. HNN exists to provide historians and other experts a national forum in which to educate Americans about important and timely issues, and the only web site on the Internet wholly devoted to this task . HNN is a nonprofit publication run by George Mason University, is updated daily, and averages roughly 1.5 million hits a month. Those of you who have visited the U.S. History landing page in Best of History Web Sites may have noticed that I link to HNN articles in the U.S. History in the Classroom section.

eHistory.com ★★★★☆ The site for history fans, enthusiasts and students, eHistory consists of over 130,000 pages of eHistory.com – the site for history fans, enthusiasts and students. eHistory consists of over 130,000 pages of historical content; 4,500 timeline events; 800 battle outlines; 300 biographies; and thousands historical content; 4,500 timeline events; 800 battle outlines; 300 biographies.

The Scout Report for Social Sciences (Wisconsin) ★★★★☆ Here you’ll find bi-weekly reports that cover select Internet sites in the social sciences.

Classroom Connect ★★★★☆ A respected source for educational resources such as web-linked activities. Has a popular newsletter on educational technology. Offers lesson plans for children aged 3-5.

studentsfriend.com ★★★★☆ This non-profit, teacher-to-teacher site is a guide for high school teachers of world history and geography, although much of the content is suitable for teachers of other social studies subjects as well. Content includes fundamental information about history teaching, resources, a concise alternative textbook and lesson plans.

Conversations With History ★★★★☆ In this UC Berkeley site distinguished men and women from all over the world talk about their lives and their work. They reminisce about their participation in great events, and they share their perspectives on the past and reflect on what the future may hold. Guests include diplomats, statesmen, and soldiers; economists and political analysts; scientists and historians; writers and foreign correspondents; activists and artists.

Understanding the World Today ★★★★☆ Understanding the World Today is supported by The International Consortium for the Advancement of Academic Publication. It features links to free resources about long-term changes in social, political and economic systems. It also links to online history books and lectures. This site also includes several reports about sociodemographic changes in the 20th century, and very long term historical world population and economic changes.

TeacherServe (National Humanities Center) ★★★★☆ This site is designed to deepen course content by providing convenient access to scholarship tailored to classroom use. TeacherServe consists of a series of instructional guides on important topics in the humanities on the secondary level.

History Central.com ★★★★☆ History Central is offered by MultiEducatory, one of the earliest producers of multimedia software.

Clash of Steel ★★★★☆ A small team of military historians has put together this site to further the study of military actions throughout history. This team is building a database of military engagements and commanders which can be searched for specific entries. It also powers a ‘Battle of the Day’ feature to which visitors can subscribe. This will e-mail daily information completely free on the anniversaries of actions and engagements. Visitors are also invited to contribute to discussion groups, or to add information and entries to the database itself.

National History Day ★★★★☆ An organization dedicated to making history come alive for students, the website offers lesson materials, presentations, and media to support curriculum.

Social Studies Central ★★★★☆ Lesson plans, presentation materials, and online resources to support social studies curriculum.

The Concord Review ★★★★☆ The Concord Review is a respected quarterly journal that has since 1987 published 550 high school history papers by students from 42 states and 34 countries. Its web site offers 51 sample essays, including all the Ralph Waldo Emerson Prize (now $3000) winners from the last eight years. The National Writing Board, founded in 1998, offers independent assessment of high school history papers from 22 states, and sends each author a three-page report, with scores and comments. Both the Concord Review and National Writing Board have received much praise from high school and university educators and administrators.

AwesomeStories.com ★★★☆☆ AwesomeStories.com is free, non-commercial educational web site for educators (as the basis for lesson plans) and students. Stories link to organized primary and secondary source materials found principally at U.S. and other worldwide national archives, museums, libraries, universities, news organizations and government websites. The purpose of the site (including its eight separate, stand-alone channels) is to take visitors on a virtual guided tour of relevant on-line source materials.

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence(FREE): ★★★☆☆ More than 30 Federal agencies formed a working group in 1997 to make hundreds of Federally supported teaching and learning resources easier to find. The result of that work is the FREE web site. Although the main FREE web site was retired in 2015, it retains a short list of lessons plans and resources about yearly holidays and remembrances, such as MLK Day or Women’s History Month.

On This Day ★★★☆☆ Daily historical facts, events, famous birthdays, world history, United States history and music history.

CNN 10 ★★★☆☆ CNN 10 provides teachers with instructional materials for integrating current events across the curriculum. A student section keeps students in grades 6-12 aware of the latest news of interest to them. Lesson plans, background material, profiles, links to useful Internet sites, and forums for interaction with other teachers are also included. Formerly known as CNN Student News.

Ask ERIC Virtual Library ★★★☆☆ Produced by the Education Research Information Center (ERIC) this site is an information clearinghouse on 16 specific subject areas. Of special note is its collection of thousands of lesson plans for varied grade levels and subject areas.

Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators ★★★☆☆ A well organized and comprehensive guide for educators searching to make the best use of the web. Has good links under the EdTech Blogs and EdTech Passion sections.

History in Focus: What is History? ★★★☆☆ Focus highlights books, reviews and web sites which examine the nature of history and assess the changes in historical method and practice.

69 History Websites for Research: Best Sites for Students

A history project is one of the most fascinating and, at the same time, challenging assignments. The research process was especially complicated when there was no Internet. To investigate primary and secondary sources on history, students were spending long hours in the libraries.

Nowadays, there are plenty of online resources available. Yet, not all of the history websites provide relevant information. So, be very careful and don’t trust every blog or webpage you read.

To help you avoid this problem while selecting history websites for your research paper, our team made this list. There you’ll see the most reliable online resources according to your task. In order to increase the efficiency, you can also try a website summarizer that will allow you to boil down any piece of content to highlight only the most important parts within seconds.

Find the best history websites below.

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Do you need to write a research paper on a specific historical era? Look through the following section then. Here, world history websites are divided according to the historical periods starting from ancient times and ending with modernity.

Ancient Times is a fascinating historical era since it hides a lot of secrets. Investigate them in your paper! To make your research more manageable, use our ancient history websites.

• BBC – Ancient History The BBC site contains a selection of resources and materials useful for any history student. They include Galleries, exhibitions, an ancient history timeline, history trails, information about historical figures, and much more.
• Discovering Ancient Egypt This site focuses more on a specific topic. And that topic is Ancient Egypt. With daily updates, this website is filled with information about hieroglyphs, Egyptian architecture, kings and queens of Ancient Egypt, numbers and Egyptian math, ancient history facts, and more.
• Perseus Project This website will serve as a fantastic place for finding primary and secondary sources on various historical topics. Discover information on Ancient Greek history, archaeology and art, the Greco-Roman world, and Ancient Olympics, just to name a few.
• Online Gallery – Virtual Books (aka Turning the Pages) This fascinating site stands out among the other ancient history websites. It allows you to turn the pages of numerous manuscripts, books, and other historical works.
• Kaminski Handwriting Collection The name of this site speaks for itself. This is a collection of handwriting. It contains manuscripts, documents, and other works. It’s a terrific site for finding primary and secondary sources of any kind.

Are you searching for historical websites to write a paper on medieval times? We can help you with that! Take a look at our list of history sites and find the most convenient one.

• Byzantium: Byzantine Studies on the Internet This site is dedicated to studies of the Middle Ages with a focus on the Eastern Roman Empire. It has a wide selection of academic and teaching resources. Both students and lecturers will find them useful.
• The Labyrinth This site grants access to various resources in medieval studies. It covers a broad range of topics, including architecture, art, armor , nations, a Middle Ages timeline, and much more. You’re very likely to find answers to any questions regarding medieval history here.
• Medievalists.Net This is a blog oriented on medieval history. It includes general information, news, videos, and articles—all about medieval times, including Middle Ages facts.
• Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts This site contains about 11,000 manuscripts from medieval times. All of them are searchable, and the site is available in multiple languages.

The Internet is full of educational websites about modern history. But how to make sure the information presented on them is reliable? The answer is simple. Use our online resources! They are checked and verified by a team of professionals.

• Academy of Achievement This site tells the stories of people who gained outstanding achievements throughout the modern history timeline. It covers various fields, including sports, art, science, and more. It also includes video and audio clips. It will help you find out more about iconic personalities through the stories of their success.
• Historical Atlas of the 20th Century It gives detailed information about the lives of people during the entire 20th century. Apart from that, the site also contains useful links, FAQs, and an assortment of essays. It will surely be a valuable source of data for any modern history research.
• The 20th Century — a World History This is a very detailed site that tells about all of world history’s key events in the 20th century. It has easy to navigate indexation that makes this site user-friendly. It also provides a list of recommended readings.
• Internet Modern History Sourcebook The title is pretty self-explanatory. It is a collection of public domain historical texts that anyone can use for educational purposes. Materials presented here cover various aspects of the world’s modern history, making this site worth checking out.

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Do you have in mind a specific country or a continent you want to write your paper about? Take a look at the following section! History websites listed below highlight the key events that occurred in separate countries or areas.

America is quite a young country. Yet, its history impresses with a wide variety of significant events. Are you questioning where to find relevant information for your US research paper? Use our American history websites!

• The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History This useful website will provide you with in-depth information about the events in every era of American history. It also gives access to primary sources and has quite a collection of videos and audios.
• The National Museum of American History This site will help anyone interested in studying American history. Collections and exhibitions present on this site cover every aspect of people’s lives throughout its history. So, you should take a look.
• United States History Here’s what differentiates this site from other American history websites. Apart from having all the historical facts described and sorted in chronological order, this site also offers information tables, maps, quizzes, and a glossary. Not only can you learn something new about American history, but you also have a chance to check your knowledge right away.
• Teaching American History This website will be equally useful for both teachers and students. It contains numerous exhibits, historical documents, and other resources. This site will make research on any topic regarding American history easier.

Are you going to write an essay about Africa? We have good news for you! Our team selected the best history websites that will help you to complete your task. Take a look at them right now!

• South African History Online This site will provide you with detailed and in-depth information on African history. Whatever it is that interests you about Africa – this website is one of the first places you should visit.
• Southern African Historical Society It isn’t only an informative online historical journal about Africa. This site also acts as a network to unite historians and allow them to communicate.
• Wonders of the African World Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. runs the site. He shares his vision of Africa through his travel diary, depicting architectural wonders and interpreting historical events. You should visit this site if you’re in search of a fresh and unbiased look at African history.
• African Voices This website is more like a never-ending exhibition. Apart from materials that you’d expect to get from a history website, African Voices also highlights the issues of working, wealth, living conditions, and other everyday aspects of life in Africa.

Are you searching for historical websites that would introduce you to Indian civilization? We have what to offer you! Check out the following list of online resources.

• Harappa This site will tell you about the Indus culture and the Indus Valley. It’s filled with images, photos, slideshows, and articles to describe the culture and heritage in great detail. It also includes videos, books, and articles.
• History of India This website has all it takes to become a go-to place if you research the ancient history of India. All the materials on this site are divided into sections for better navigation. They include religion, chronological events, education, references, geography, and other historical topics.
• India History Apart from telling about events of Indian history, this site also provides evidence of those events happening. It gives an incredibly informative spreadsheet that anyone can use as a reference during research.

The history of Russia has a lot to offer! This country impresses with its fascinating past and promising future. Investigate our history websites to learn more about Russia.

• The Face of Russia The face of Russia is a series of historical documentaries by PBS. The site contains a timeline of Russian history, maps, biographies, indexes, program summaries, and references.
• Soviet History Archive This is a part of the Marxist Internet Archive. It tells about the development of Russia during the 20th century. It describes the main historical events along with detailed info about the culture and society of the USSR.
• Seventeen Moments in Soviet History This website is a multimedia archive for all those interested in Russian history during the Soviet era. It provides materials on history, economics, politics, culture, and society.

Do you need to write a paper on European history, but the Internet is full of unreliable information? We know the solution to this problem! Use your checked websites, and don’t worry about the credibility of these online resources.

• European History Online This academic website contains articles on European history. It covers the period from the 15th century up to the 21st century. All the documents are separated into thematic threads, and the site includes a European history timeline.
• My House of European History This site contains articles and stories about European history written by regular users. It provides different points of view on various events in the history of Europe. The stories are complete with pictures, recordings, videos, and documents. They also have geographical locations. It’s easy to collect and share those stories, so this site is a real goldmine for any researcher.
• EuroDocs: Online Sources for European History This site is a great place to find historical materials and sources about various events and periods in any European country. The documents you can find here are transcribed or translated. There are also video and audio files, maps, and photos to complete your research.

A paper on Canadian history is a very challenging task unless you have appropriate sources with information. And guess what? You have them! Check our list of history websites about Canada!

• Canada’s History This history website includes articles, books, magazines, podcasts, videos, and much more about Canada. It also grants access to online forums, webinars, archives, and galleries.
• Historica Canada This site tells everything about the history and citizenship of Canada. Not only does it reveal about the events of the past, but this site’s staff also engages with people so they can tell stories and share their unique experiences.
• Canada History It’s another history website that provides intriguing and well-classified information about Canadian history. It includes articles on historical events, politics, locations, and culture. The site also contains timelines, maps, videos, and a variety of historical documents.
• The Canadian Encyclopedia It is a detailed and well-organized encyclopedia that will tell you about all aspects of Canadian history. It also gives access to interactive resources such as various collections, exhibitions, and timelines.

A history project is a perfect opportunity to learn more about Australia! Use our history websites for research to make sure the information is reliable.

• Australian History Research The site will tell you about all the happenings that took place in Australian history. It also provides different types of publications and additional resources to help with researching a specific topic.
• Royal Australian Historical Society This is a site about Australia’s oldest historical organization. It was founded back in 1901 in Sydney. And to this day, its aim stays the same – to promote Australian history studies.
• Australian History Mysteries It’s an Australian history website designed for primary and secondary schools. It provides you with historical information, case studies, videos, interactive activities, and print content.

Are you going to write a paper on the history of Great Britain? You will go on a fascinating historical journey. To make it more pleasurable, use our history websites (UK oriented)! Here you will find only credible information.

• The National Archives This website is designed to help students with researching historical topics. It doesn’t only share historical and educational materials about British history. It also has research guides and other recommendations to help make your work more efficient.
• The British Empire This British history website contains timelines, photos, battle descriptions, maps, and much more regarding British history in general and the British Empire in particular. It shares a personal view of the events, which makes this site different from other academic resources.
• British History Online This site serves as a source of primary and secondary materials for British and Irish history. Its primary focus is on the period from 1300 to 1800.

📜 History Websites by Topic

Have you already decided on the exact topic you are going to explore in your research paper? Do you want to write about a specific event or an outstanding historical figure? Then, this section is for you!

Below, you will find the list of useful history websites for students. Use them and don’t worry about the reliability of the primary sources and secondary ones.

WWI has always been a topic of great interest. But how to make sure that a source provides reliable facts about this remarkable event? The answer is simple – to use credible sources. Check our list of the best history websites for the WWI essay.

• International Encyclopedia of the First World War This site contains in-depth information and a variety of materials about World War I. It includes videos, imagery, and audio. It also has downloadable content and a list of links to other sites dedicated to this event.
• A Multimedia History of World War One This website covers every aspect of World War One history. From chronological events to personalities and weaponry used. It also contains source documents, maps, propaganda posters, and vintage photos and videos.
• The Great War It’s another site that shares historical materials about essential World War I dates. However, what makes it different is that it shows what’s now situated at the locations where battlefields used to be.
• www.worldwar1.com The history website is for students and researchers that delivers various award-winning materials about World War I, including books and magazines. Apart from that, it has links to other sites and articles that cover World War I.

WWII is another significant event in the history of the world. Are you going to write a paper on this topic? Use the following history websites for research.

• World War 2 This site provides detailed information on a wide selection of topics regarding the Second World War. Categories include a timeline, facts, figures, and statistics, just to name a few. There’s much more to this site, so you should visit it.
• ww2history.com Apart from describing critical moments of the World War Two timeline, this site also provides visual materials. It lets you examine testimonies and interviews with experts in this historical field. It also has a selection of links to other resources dedicated to this topic.
• World War II Today This website provides in-depth information about all the events of World War II, in chronological order. Content is divided into categories by year. It also contains new research and findings, as well as a selection of external links and diaries.

History is not only about international or civil wars, congresses, and revolutions. It’s also about the development of art. Are you interested in this topic? Check out our art history websites and find appropriate information!

• The Art History Archive This site serves as a valuable source of information about specific artists, art groups, and artistic movements. It mentions even the smallest art movements along the art history timeline to ensure that it will satisfy any visitor’s needs.
• Art History Resources This site is a collection of links to various art topics. But the amount and level of organization of those links make it worthwhile to visit the site. It’s a valuable source for any art history study.
• Trivium Art History This colorful resource can be equally useful for both students and educators. It contains historical facts about art movements and provides high-resolution images and other materials, including writings and biographies of artists from various art historical periods.
• Web Gallery of Art This site acts as a searchable database for anyone interested in art history. Apart from historical materials, this site includes guided tours, an extensive database, and a comprehensive list of sources.

Are you interested in the role of women in the development of society? Look through our history websites to learn more insightful facts about the correlation between women and history.

• Women in World History This site contains a wide variety of educational materials and resources about women’s history globally. It includes organized lessons, thematic units, biographies, background essays, reviews, and Q&As.
• Women’s History Network This is the site of a national association and charity. It promotes women’s history and encourages those interested in it. It shares publications, holds conferences, and has blog articles posted regularly.
• National Women’s History Project This history website dedicated to women in history has a wide selection of historical materials and other resources (such as quizzes, resource links, and commemorations).

Slavery is one of the darkest pages in world history. Do you need to write a research paper on this topic? Our history websites will help you to find relevant information for your work.

• Slavery in South Africa This site focuses on the enslaved society that existed in Africa. It provides extensive historical information, as well as additional resources. Those include primary documents, a bibliography, personal stories, and a selection of links.
• Harvard and Slavery This website contains the results of students’ research on the topic of Harvard University’s involvement in slavery. It covers the period throughout Harvard’s existence, starting with its founding in 1636.
• The Abolition Project – Slavery This is a section of The Abolition Project website telling about slavery. It covers several historical aspects of this topic and contains imagery, maps, a timeline, and articles.
• Slavery in the North This site provides a detailed look at the issue of slavery in North America. As well as covering the general data, it also tells about the issue in particular regions, making this site a valuable source for everyone researching this topic.

Do you want to create an academic essay on military history but don’t know where to find relevant information? The following list of historical websites will help you to deal with this problem.

• War History Online This site tells about the history and evolution of warfare in all of its aspects. It contains videos, pictures, and articles on a wide variety of topics.
• Military History Online As the name of this site suggests, it tells about military history. This website covers the period from ancient times to modern days, making it an excellent resource for all those interested in this topic.
• Military History Encyclopedia This site covers all the aspects of military history. It contains over 5,500 articles, more than 1,000 book reviews, and pictures, maps, and documents. It also includes coverage of the infamous world conflicts.
• Military History Monthly Apart from covering events in military history, this site also provides new research and articles on this topic. It reveals further details about specific events and shares findings that were unknown before.

Religion is an essential part of life for the majority of the world’s population. Hence, the history of religion is quite a common topic for research papers. Use our list of online resources to explore this topic on a deeper level.

• Religion Facts This site contains facts and historical information on all the major world religions. It also includes charts, a glossary, and descriptions of religious symbols.
• Religion in American History This site is what its name portrays. It covers all the aspects of religion in American history from the perspective of writers and scholars who contribute to the website.
• BBC – History This section of the BBC website informs about world religions. Their appearance and development throughout the history of humankind are explored in particular.

Are you planning to write a research paper on the history of science? We have good news for you! Our team selected the best history websites to help you explore this issue!

• History of Science Society The site is dedicated to understanding science, its interaction with society, and studying its history. The Society holds meetings and events and shares articles, publications, and other educational materials.
• Department of the History of Science (Harvard University) The site aims to examine the history and development of science, its impact on human lives, and discuss the latest developments. It provides a list of resources that contains a large number of historical and educational materials.
• Museum of the History of Science This site includes many online exhibits that depict the history and development of various sciences. It also offers lectures and tours, all of which are available online and in podcast form.
• The British Society for the History of Science The site is devoted to studying the history of science, technology, and medicine. It provides publications and other educational materials, holds conferences, and promotes the understanding of science in general.

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Let’s explore the hallmarks of the 90s website design aesthetic through these 14 iconic 90s websites.

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Back in the days of dial-up internet, 90s websites served up serious vibes with loud, colorful, and busy designs.

The 90s gave us the very first websites on the world wide web, launching us into a whole new age of the internet. In the span of a decade, web pages went from little more than glorified Word documents to boisterous sites full of vibrant colors, cheesy cursors, and excessive animation. 

Step back into this era of experimentation and playfulness as we explore memorable 90s websites.

14 iconic 90s websites 

1. world wide web .

Tim Berners-Lee launched the world’s first website, World Wide Web, on August 6th, 1991. So yeah, we’d say that’s pretty iconic. 

Tim created the website to share information about the World Wide Web project. Originally, the project was meant to streamline information sharing between scientists. But once Tim developed specifications for HTML, HTTP, and URLs, the project started to expand. The first website explained basics like what the world wide web was, what type of information was available, how to understand your browser, etc.  

The site is still online today , but not all of the content is accessible. 

2. Space Jam

Sing it with me now: “Everybody get up, it’s time to slam now. We got a real jam going now, welcome to the Space Jam. It’s your chance, do your dance — at the Space Jam.”  

This gem from 1996 is burned into the memories of so many 90s kids. Space Jam wasn’t just a movie, it was an experience — and it started on the website that promoted the film. When this site came out, it was the pinnacle of web design. The starry tiled background with clip art planets, spaceships, and basketballs invited us to browse around and learn more about the Space Jam universe. 

When clicked, the icons took us to interactive landing pages full of trivia games, coloring books, behind-the-scenes content, and even downloadable screensavers and posters. The Space Jam site is a textbook example of what web design in the 90s looked like — colorful, clunky, and full of mismatched backgrounds and unnecessary animations.

This iconic site is still live but hasn’t been updated since the 90s. So, if you’re looking for the equally iconic soundtrack, stream it on Spotify instead of trying to buy a CD or cassette from the Lunar Tunes page of the site. 

3. Yahoo Games

Yahoo Games, a subsection of the main Yahoo! website, launched in 1998. The site hosted a large variety of Java applets and Flash games in categories like card games, board and tile games, word games, sports games, and more.  

While the web design was pretty simple — lots of blue hyperlinks in greyscale columns — the games themselves were addicting and fun. Anyone who spent hours trying to line up gemstones in Bejeweled knows exactly why Candy Crush is such a popular game today. 

All the games were free to play, as long as you could handle persistent pop-up ads and game limitations. You could also shell out the cash for “All Star” status, which got you some extra privileges. But even if you stuck to the free access, Yahoo Games had over 1,000 different games to choose from, making it a great place to hang out in the early days of the internet. 

Yahoo Games had a good run, but shut down in 2016 . 

4. San Francisco FogCam

In 1994, The Department of Instructional Technologies at San Francisco State University created FogCam — a webcam that continuously monitors fog conditions on campus.

What started as a simple student project has become a piece of history — this webcam is still operating today, making it the world’s oldest and longest-running webcam. And considering how many times people have fought to keep this webcam running, it’s certainly one of the most beloved as well. 

Although the site is regularly maintained and even has an accompanying Twitter , the design looks about the same as the day it launched. The webcam shows a low-resolution image that updates every 20 seconds as opposed to streaming in real time and the text looks like it’s typed directly into a Word document. 

5. Hampster Dance

Hampster Dance encapsulates so much of early internet culture — a meme built on a Geocities site featuring rows of animated GIFs of hamsters, topped off with an auto-play ing song. 

Hampster Dance went live in 1998, but didn’t start racking up visitors until early 1999. 

Once the word had spread through forwarded emails, Hampster Dance became a sort of litmus test. If you recognized that never-ending “dodadidadodadodo” you were a young internet person — you had an ICQ or AIM screen name, frequented chat rooms, and maybe had your very own collection of GIFs hosted on a Geocities or Angelfire site. If you didn’t know the tune, you were not in with the internet crowd. 

In addition to the variety of hamster GIFs, Hampster Dance had other key 90s website design traits. Elements like the visitor counter at the bottom of the page, a “guestbook” that visitors could sign, and the looped background music that couldn’t be turned off were all favorites of 90s web design standards. 

6. AuctionWeb (eBay)

In 1995, auctions went virtual. AuctionBay — later changed to eBay — was a weekend coding project that turned into an internet staple. 

Founder Pierre Omidyar made the first sale — a broken laser pointer — shortly after launching. Within a year, the site had facilitated the sale of $7.2 million dollars worth of items. 

What makes early eBay so iconic is not its design, but rather its social impact. Collectors were no longer limited by geography. They could scour the internet for vintage ceramics, treasured toys from their childhood, or get in on the Beanie Baby craze. 

By 1999, eBay’s homepage was a lot more colorful and chaotic than the original. The website showcased bright colors and mixed fonts. And with grainy clip art scattered throughout, the 1999 version of eBay fit comfortably into the 90s web design aesthetic. 

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7. CNN O.J. Simpson trial page

In 1995, NFL player O.J. Simpson made headlines when he was put on trial for the alleged murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. The trial was so closely followed around the United States that CNN dedicated a section of their website to the trial and related news. 

Visitors were greeted with what looked like a murder mystery game, complete with pixelated icons and blue hyperlinks to subpages like The Players and The Evidence. O.J.’s celebrity status and the complexity of the nine-month long trial made this a noteworthy 90s website. 

And while the design may look basic and even a bit crass today, this website served as a go-to resource for anyone keeping tabs on the trial. The homepage offered a newsreel with links to related stories while the sub-pages hosted everything from evidence photos to trial transcripts. 

The site is still live today , but many links and files no longer function. 

8. Pitchfork

Online music magazine Pitchfork Media — later shortened to Pitchfork — launched in 1995. With weekly features, frequent record reviews, and a curated collection of indie music news — Pitchfork made a significant splash in music journalism. 

Pitchfork’s website design mirrored many other late 90s sites like eBay and Yahoo Games, particularly on the homepage. The site used a newspaper-meets-encyclopedia style of navigation — columns separated different beats and each article included a sidebar with links to recent items, news, and related record reviews. 

This combination is what made Pitchfork such a significant 90s website. It adapted two familiar mediums in a way that encouraged people to stay on the site and consume more content. Plus, the regular updates and in-depth reviews made Pitchfork a trusted resource for the latest in the music scene. 

Many early indie bands have Pitchfork to thank for their break into the mainstream. For example, Broken Social Scene went from a relatively unknown band to selling out venues after Pitchfork rated their album, You Forgot it in People, a 9.2 out of 10. 

Pitchfork’s site has gone through a few website redesigns since its initial launch and continues to publish music news, reviews, and more today. 

9. PizzaNet

Long before DoorDash and GrubHub, there was PizzaNet. This experiment by Pizza Hut hit the world wide web in 1994. 

While the grayscale site with Times New Roman font wasn’t much to look at, it marked the beginning of a new way to order pizza. The ordering process was rudimentary — visitors filled out a form with their information and pizza order, got a phone call to confirm, and paid in cash upon delivery.

But there was a lot more going on behind-the-scenes. PizzaNet form submissions were sent to a Pizza Hut server in Wichita, Kansas and then sent back to the Santa Cruz, California franchise that piloted the program. Eventually, tech company The Santa Cruz Operation connected point of sale systems to servers in Pizza Huts around the country. 

The clunky PizzaNet site fizzled out and Pizza Hut didn’t introduce a more robust online ordering system until the 2000s. However, it’s clear that PizzaNet is a notable milestone in the evolution of online food ordering. In fact, PizzaHut still keeps a (non-functional) version of PizzaNet online. 

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched the first iteration of its site in 1994. 

The homepage centered around the navigation — a grid of buttons with extremely grainy icons. Throughout the site you’d find key 90s web design markers like drop shadows behind text and a textured gray background. 

Although the original site wasn’t very intuitive, it was the first time all things NASA were available in a central place. Scientists, educators, students, and space enthusiasts could find everything from the space image of the day to updates on the latest NASA launch. 

Today, NASA’s site looks a lot different thanks to four major design overhauls , many of which asked for user feedback to make the site easier to navigate. 

11. MapQuest

If you didn’t log onto the family computer, head to MapQuest.com, print out several pages of directions, and then try to read them while on the road — did you even drive in the 90s and early 00s?

When it launched in 1996, MapQuest offered travel guides, local neighborhood information, and travel tips. But its claim to fame was the driving directions or TripQuest feature. Long before car GPS devices and smartphones, MapQuest helped internet-savvy drivers map out routes, eventually including pit stops like gas stations and ATMs. 

The original site had a classic 90s web design aesthetic. Back then, the patterned background, cartoonish images, and even early technological brags like “applet technology” made MapQuest a cutting edge site. 

MapQuest is still around and while it can’t compete with Google Maps in popularity or user base, it will always hold an important place in internet and navigational technology history. 

LEGO has always known their audience — so it’s no surprise that their 1996 website catered to children first and everyone else second. 

The homepage opened with low-resolution clip art images — some of which spun, danced, and moved — on a patterned background designed to look like a LEGO base. 

While the site had plenty of clumsy 90s web design elements like the large Home and Go to Top icons, it also had some impressive functionality for the time period. For example, the Play section led to an on-site treasure hunt and a space mystery video game. Kids could also build their very own LEGO site by joining the LEGO Surfer Club. 

LEGO’s site has continued to evolve both design and functionality-wise with updated site navigation, more robust LEGO membership options, online games, and ecommerce features. 

13. Webaholics

By 1994, both the number of websites available and people enjoying them were steadily rising. But early internet users couldn’t rely on search engines to discover new sites. And so, Webaholics — a directory site of top links — was born. 

Oddly enough, the site also functioned as a support group forum for people who felt addicted to the internet. In fact, Rich Barrette created the site after two of his classmates dropped out of school due to spending too much time online. Stories from self-proclaimed Webaholics ranged from funny to serious, but the main draw of the site seemed to be the curated list of top links. 

Webaholics really loved the 90s design trend of large, dramatic Word Art — those drop shadow text images that were so heavily favored in school projects. The site also featured award badge icons and links to press mentions of the Webaholics site. 

Webaholics was a short-lived project and is no longer online. 

14. Goosebumps

Scholastic’s best-selling book series and TV show, Goosebumps, got its own website in 1996. 

The Goosebumps homepage featured a collection of clickable illustrations on a dark background. This illustrated navigation style was popular in the 90s, particularly for sites aimed at kids. 

When clicked, the monster illustrations took you to different pages of the website — each with their own themed, patterned background, of course. The Goosebumps site also had some pretty iconic typography choices , featuring the classic Goosebumps font along with a mix of colorful Word Art images. 

The site kept kids entertained with video clips of Goosebumps episodes, fan-submitted stories, and Boo-Grams — spooky e-greetings with virtual monster stamps that visitors could send to friends.

Scholastic now has a section of its main site dedicated to Goosebumps with videos, games, and book information. 

Love it or hate it — 90s website design was certainly iconic

Many of these 90s websites may seem garish now, but retro trends have a way of coming back into style. While we don’t think any of these sites would win design awards today, aspects like the oversized typography, motion graphics, and collage illustrations would fit right into the predicted web design trends for 2022 . 

Did we miss any of your favorite 90s websites? Let us know in the comments!

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The incognito myth: how private browsing really works

How to use private browsing mode, what it doesn’t protect against, and why Google is deleting five billion dollars’ worth of user data.

Stan Kaminsky

June 5, 2024

Ask anyone how to protect your privacy online, and they’ll probably mention private browsing. Every major browser has it, although the names differ: it’s Incognito in Chrome, InPrivate in Edge, Private Window/Tab in Firefox, and Private Browsing in Safari. All these names evoke a sense of security — even invisibility: like you could browse the web safely and in full anonymity. Alas, this mode is far from being “incognito” in reality, although it is still helpful if you understand how it works and supplement it with anti-surveillance security .

How incognito mode works

In private mode, your browser doesn’t save your browsing history, remember information you enter in web forms, or store the graphics and code of the websites you visit in its cache. The tiny text files called cookies in which websites save your settings and preferences are only stored for as long as the private window stays open, and are deleted when you close it. This way, no traces of your browsing activity are left on your computer .

However, your actions are still visible from the outside. The websites you visit , your browser itself, browser extensions , your ISP, the office or school system administrator, and various advertising and analytics systems — such as those owned by Google — can all still track you.

Some browsers, such as Firefox, include additional privacy measures in private mode. These may include disabling browser extensions and blocking known analytics sites that track users and third-party cookies that weren’t set by the website you’re opening. However, even this doesn’t guarantee complete invisibility.

Five billion’s worth of incognito data

To get an idea of how much information can be collected about incognito users, look no further than the Brown v. Google lawsuit, which ended in the internet giant’s defeat. The company was ordered to destroy “billions of data records” pertaining to the activities of users who were browsing in incognito mode, and collected up until the end of 2023. Data that won’t be deleted immediately must be further de-identified, for example by removing part of each user’s IP address from the records. The court estimated the monetary value of the data to be deleted plus the data that will no longer be collected at a staggering $5 billion. However, affected plaintiffs will have to seek monetary compensation individually, so Google isn’t likely to lose much money.

More significantly for all users though, Google was ordered to start blocking third-party cookies in Incognito mode and generally provide a clearer description of how Incognito works. While Google’s methods for collecting information in Incognito mode weren’t fully disclosed to the public during the legal proceedings, some of the techniques were mentioned publicly: gathering data through Google Analytics, recording IP addresses, and collecting HTTP header data.

None of the above is news or a secret: any website on the internet can collect and use the same data, and this data gets sent out in private mode just fine.

How websites track incognito visitors

By login. If you enter your email, phone number or username, and password on a website, your browser configuration no longer matters: you’ve announced your identity to the website.

Cookies. Although the website can’t read “regular” cookies from your browser as long as it’s running in private mode, it can still set new ones. If you use a private browsing window day in, day out, without closing it, there’ll be plenty of information gathered about your movements around the web.

The IP address. Private browsing doesn’t hide your IP address in any way.

Digital fingerprinting. By combining information transmitted from your browser in HTTP headers with data that the webpage can collect with JavaScript (such as screen resolution, battery level for mobile devices, and the list of installed fonts), the website can generate a digital fingerprint for the specific browser on the specific device and use that later to identify you. Private browsing mode has no effect on this.

All of the above. Advanced analytics and tracking systems try to use a number of techniques to track you. Even if old cookies are unavailable due to private browsing, you can be remembered with an auxiliary method, such as digital fingerprinting. This means that even if you visit an online store in a private browsing mode without logging in, you might still see products you were interested in during previous sessions in your search history.

What you should and shouldn’t do in private browsing mode

😍 Search for a birthday present for a family member. Private mode will come in handy, as the keywords that could spoil the surprise won’t come up in the browsing and search history. It also will reduce the likelihood of the context ads that permeate today’s web, giving away your plan with banners about the subject. However, private mode will be of no help if you sign in to your account at the online store or marketplace and make a purchase, as the website will remember both you and the purchase. The search history and “recently viewed” items also may display on other devices where you’re logged in to the same account, so there’s still a chance of that surprise getting ruined. To sum it up, logging in to any account is a bad idea when browsing in private mode.

🤔 Look for a new job or secretly check medical symptoms . The computer will retain no traces of the activity, but your ISP will, and so will your office network’s system administrator. This isn’t something you should do at work for example, as you can’t rely on private browsing to help.

😡 Download illegal content. Don’t. And if you do download something like that in private mode, your ISP will still have recorded this activity under your account.

😎 Sign in to your account on someone else’s or a public computer. In this case, private browsing is the least you can do to protect yourself. It prevents you from leaving any undesired traces like an account name, web form data, a saved password, or locally stored cookies or personal files — unless you save something manually. That’s a start, but it doesn’t guarantee complete security: public computers are often infected with malware that can steal any data from the browser, with private browsing or not. So if you have to use someone else’s computer, it’s best to make sure it has reliable malware protection . If you’re not sure, we recommend changing your password for each account that you signed in to on that computer and enabling two-factor authentication after you log off and get back to your usual device.

🧐 Sign in to two accounts with the same site. Most browsers make this possible: you can sign in to one of the accounts in regular mode, and to the other — in private mode. This is about convenience rather than privacy, so private mode doesn’t really have any drawbacks when used this way.

What’s better than private browsing?

Private browsing mode is helpful, and there’s no reason to shun it entirely. For maximum privacy though, it should be combined with other measures:

• An encrypted data channel (VPN)  keeps your ISP and (work) system administrator from tracking your online wanderings, and allows you to change your IP address when visiting websites.
• Tracking and ad blockers reduce the likelihood of your being identified by your digital fingerprint. Every browser supports anti-surveillance extensions, available from the official browser extension marketplace.
• For maximum security in Do Not Track (DNT) mode, turn on Private browsing in Kaspersky Standard , Kaspersky Plus , or Kaspersky Premium .
• For added secrecy, you can set up a separate browser with the most rigorous tracking protection settings, which our guide can help you select.

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NCAA staff | June 4, 2024

8 super regional hosts and game times announced for the 2024 ncaa division i baseball championship.

INDIANAPOLIS — The eight super-regional hosts were announced today by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee.

The following four super regionals will be played Friday, June 7 and Saturday, June 8, with Sunday, June 9 for if necessary or weather-delayed games. The national seed is indicated before the team name, while updated records through the regionals are in parentheses.

GAMES BEGIN FRIDAY, JUNE 7 - All times are Eastern

Note: Game times and ESPN Network subject to change

• 3 p.m. (ESPN2), 11 a.m. (ESPN2), 6 p.m. (ESPNU)
• noon (ESPN), 11 a.m. (ESPN), noon (ESPN2)
• 7 p.m. (ESPNU), 3 p.m. (ESPNU), 3 p.m. (ESPNU)
• 6 p.m. (ESPN2), 8 p.m. (ESPN2), 3 p.m. (ESPN2)

The following four super regionals will be played Saturday, June 8 and Sunday, June 9, with Monday, June 10 for if necessary or weather-delayed games.

GAMES BEGIN SATURDAY, JUNE 8 – All times are Eastern

• 6 p.m. (ESPNU), 9 p.m. (ESPNU), TBD (TBD)
• noon (ESPNU), 12 noon (ESPNU), TBD (TBD)
• 2 p.m. (ESPN), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN), TBD (TBD)
• 2 p.m. (ESPN2), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN2), TBD (TBD)

The determination of the Men’s College World Series order of first-round games both Friday, June 14, and Saturday, June 15, will be announced Monday, June 10. The ESPN family of networks and www.ncaa.com/mcws will release the MCWS game dates and times as soon as they are available. The Men’s College World Series begins play Friday, June 14, at Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska.

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