This week marks 15 years since BBC Online was born. At about the same time, the BBC’s news website also went live. The number of people visiting the news site has grown enormously over the years, and here you can see how traffic has increased, spiking at key news events, and how the appearance of the site’s front page has changed over the years too. Meanwhile, for the 15th anniversary, the BBC’s Director of Future Media Ralph Rivera has blogged about the significance of BBC Online today and the continuing importance of innovation to the BBC.
Steve Herrmann is editor of the BBC News website.