I think it just developed over time between 96 & 98.
When I 1st started, there were no "free sites" or "galleries" or "TGP's" or "Link Lists" as they are defined today. People just put up pages or sites with pics & links & it went from there.
Then there was a push on "warning" pages - keep the kids out & all.
Then there was the thinking along the lines of "fuck these warning pages, let's just link to the pages with pics on them"
When I started, I have a "website" just like everuone else - that site could have only been 1 page (like mine was when I started) or it could have been a paysite - but they were all just "websites"
Am I rambling?
