Thirty years ago today, Sir Tim Berners-Lee submitted his proposal for the world wide web.

The technology was primarily used for US defence strategy throughout the Cold War. This was until two decades later when Tim Berners-Lee sought to streamline a connection between a larger network of computers. Thus, the internet browser and the world wide web was created.

Today, we think of the internet as millions of links networked on a variety of browser options like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer. We can thank Berners-Lee for it because a "browser" was first coined in his 1989 information management proposal.

The first ever web address that started it all was http://info.cern.ch/ and it still exists today.

It is impossible to forget the crackling sound of the dial-up tone in those early days. The screeching and ringing have come to represent the earliest web portals and can be heard below!

Farming On-line launch

Farming On-line was launched as an independent family controlled business back in May 1995 and was based at Castle Farm, Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire. The Mercer family, who founded Farming On-line worked in Agriculture for several generations. FOL’s mission was to provide the "easiest, quickest and most convenient way for the farmer to communicate with the agricultural industry and fellow farmers."