Updated
Updated · PCWorld · Sep 4
The Useless Web Sends Users to Random Sites, Archiving Internet Oddities Since 2012
Updated
Updated · PCWorld · Sep 4

The Useless Web Sends Users to Random Sites, Archiving Internet Oddities Since 2012

2 articles · Updated · PCWorld · Sep 4

Summary

  • One “PLEASE” button powers The Useless Web, sending visitors to random pages with little practical purpose—from tiny games to absurd visual jokes.
  • Tim Holman created the site in 2012 to collect the internet’s strange, silly side, turning aimless browsing into a curated jump through web nonsense.
  • Old vanished pages are also tracked there, giving the project a second role as a small archive of disappearing online oddities.
  • That mix of randomness and preservation makes the site less a tool than a rabbit hole for users with five minutes that can easily become an hour.

Sources

PCWorld1d ago
The Useless Web: Tim Holman's Archive of Internet Nonsense
It's Nice That1d ago
Uh-oh! Prepare to lose some time exploring The Useless Web

Insights

Could a single button click be the only thing saving early internet art from total extinction?
Why are digital archivists fighting a losing battle to save the web's weirdest hidden corners?

Sources

2 total
PCWorld1d ago
The Useless Web: Tim Holman's Archive of Internet Nonsense
It's Nice That1d ago
Uh-oh! Prepare to lose some time exploring The Useless Web