Search Wormhole: Oldest Still-Running Website

Today’s search: “oldest still-running website”

The answer takes you back to CERN’s first web page from 1991 — a plain-text monument to the birth of the World Wide Web. It’s not flashy. No autoplay videos. No pop-ups asking for your email before you can read the first sentence. Just a clean, functional page explaining… the World Wide Web itself.

What’s fascinating isn’t just that it still works — it’s that the thing is future-proof because it’s so simple. No JavaScript frameworks to break, no bloated CMS, no “cookie consent” banners. It’s pure HTML. The original responsive design? Text and links.

In an era when modern websites crash if a single tracking pixel fails to load, this little relic is a reminder: if you want something to last on the internet, build it lean, keep it clear, and avoid anything that feels “cutting-edge” — because in tech, today’s edge is tomorrow’s fossil.