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AlltheWeb
“It indexed the web before Google told it to; rest easy, FAST friend.”
“One little word, one big mystery — it never explained itself, and that was the point.”
Hell.com was a domain name that achieved a degree of notoriety purely because of what it was called. From August 1995, artist Kenneth Aronson built an intentionally mysterious website there, and that air of intrigue was exactly what drew people in.
The site held its ground for years, outlasting trends and fads by simply refusing to explain itself. Aronson eventually sold the domain in 2009, closing the chapter on one of the web's strangest and most beloved enigmas.
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“It indexed the web before Google told it to; rest easy, FAST friend.”
“Daisy-chained with dignity, no hub required, still plugged in somewhere inside.”
“The only cigarette that told the truth - honesty, apparently, doesn't sell.”