Many of them first saw the light when the Internet was still in its infancy - and the technology known as 'good taste' seemed to be in short supply.
A website has pulled together some of the ugliest web pages on Earth - and they're all still going strong, despite having been designed in the 'good old days'.
Websitesfromhell.com harks back to the nightmarish days when capital letters and fluorescent letters ruled cyber space - often without a picture in sight.
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