20 Years Ago on AOL.com: May 26, 1999 -- Free Classifieds; Real Estate Listings

May 26, 1999: We went with another retro stock photo for free classified ads:

We did a mid-morning update; looks like we adjusted the "FREE AOL" text promo in the Shopping column to more accurately reflect that it was an AOL Visa ad. We also tweaked the Community products lineup, demoting Love@AOL for AOL Hometown:

For the PM update, we went with more home buying:

[Series note: In the late 1990s, I programmed the content for the AOL.com home page, which relaunched with a new design on July 14, 1998. I printed screencaps and saved them. 20 years later, I'm scanning them in and posting them with a little commentary under the tag #20YearsAgoOnAOLcom.]