RIP GeoCities many an Imer started in your dimly lit streets.

getsmartt · 10-27-2009, 06:56 PM

It looks like today was the official end of GeoCities.

With millions of visitors and tons of traffic you would have thought Yahoo would have found some way to keep it around?

I remember back in the day that it was not totally unfashiopnable to actually own a GeoCity site or two.

I can actually say that I even made a buck or two on those dimly lit streets

RIP

10-27-2009, 07:19 PM

Wow after all these years .... I never did make a geocities one but I did make several tripod sites like 14 years ago ... Free Website Hosting - Tripod free website templates to make your own free website - I see they still kicking, have not visited that site in many many years.

James

J Elizabeth Dize · 10-27-2009, 07:23 PM

I made my first Geocities website when I was 13, I think (I'm 24 now). I also had tripod, and...I can't remember the name of the other free site builder back then! Fortune City something?

I even tried to sell some of my old books on there back then, and dabbled in eBay selling. I guess I always had it in me

Sorry to hear that Geocities is gone

CDarklock · 10-27-2009, 07:31 PM

I started my first website on GeoCities, back in the day... it was devoted to the Hellraiser movies.

It will be missed, in its own way.

getsmartt · 10-27-2009, 07:36 PM

Yep Tripod was another one, I was trying to think of that one. At one time there must have been 5 or 6 big sites where you could get a little bit of web realestate for free.

I can even remember maxing out my amount of space on one and linking rest of my site to another free provider.

10-27-2009, 07:39 PM

James,
There used to be one called Trailer Park or Trailer Trash or something, they tried to copy GeoCities with street names and lot numbers and all .. You remember the name ??

James

P.S. Oh the good old days with the free website wars ...lol They started giving more space, adding more features ...

10-27-2009, 07:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jenn Dize

I made my first Geocities website when I was 13, I think (I'm 24 now). I also had tripod, and...I can't remember the name of the other free site builder back then! Fortune City something?

I even tried to sell some of my old books on there back then, and dabbled in eBay selling. I guess I always had it in me

Sorry to hear that Geocities is gone

LOL yeah FortuneCity - I never could get my dialup and browser to work right with that site ... If I recall they had a black themed site going on ..

James

George Wright · 10-27-2009, 07:45 PM

My friends and family call me Geo. They were quite impressed with my GeoCities sites. I also did homestead a bit, not to mention AOL HomeTown Those were the days

George wright

Amanda_Davis · 10-27-2009, 07:47 PM

Anyone remember Fortune City?

When they first started up (1994 or something) they actually sent you a book in the mail about the "city" you just joined.

Those were the days!

getsmartt · 10-27-2009, 07:50 PM

nope, can't remember the name of that one but a web search brought up another one - AngelFire, which apparently shared the same back-end software as Tripond

10-27-2009, 07:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by getsmartt

nope, can't remember the name of that one but a web search brought up another one - AngelFire, which apparently shared the same back-end software as Tripond

Yeah I think Tripod bought AngleFire out shortly after they launched...

James

getsmartt · 10-27-2009, 07:56 PM

Here is another blast from the past for you....

Does anyone remember SixDegrees.com...it was kind of the Facebook/Myspace of the late 90's seems to have died in 01 or so

Allegro · 10-27-2009, 07:58 PM

I had a few websites on angelfire, mainly websites for the people i played computer games with lol.

Also, here is an ä for your signature, getsmartt

10-27-2009, 07:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by George Wright

My friends and family call me Geo. They were quite impressed with my GeoCities sites. I also did homestead a bit, not to mention AOL HomeTown Those were the days

George wright

George,
Yeah that is when AOL had 30 Million users and Steve Case was still the president... Before they started buying up everything.. See what all our hard earned money paid for ..lol

James

cscarpero · 10-27-2009, 08:34 PM

Good ol GeoCities. I had some sites on there. And Tripod. Learned HTML and coded them by hand cause their editors sucked. Ahh...the good ol days!

Sylvia Meier · 10-27-2009, 08:42 PM

LOL I remember Geocities, Tripod, Homestead etc. Had sites on all of em. Makes me feel kinda old LOL.

Dennis-White · 10-27-2009, 10:27 PM

I had a few Geocities, when I was like 14-15 I also had a few homestead sites too LOL good times

francof · 10-28-2009, 12:12 AM

My first website was on geocities too, had some on angelfire also

Good ol' days. starting to feel old now

Weird that they would just let it die. Why not sell it off or something at least.

MichaelHiles · 10-28-2009, 12:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by getsmartt

Here is another blast from the past for you....

Does anyone remember SixDegrees.com...it was kind of the Facebook/Myspace of the late 90's seems to have died in 01 or so

I'm shocked classmates.com hasn't combusted yet.

l23bc · 10-28-2009, 12:33 AM

great post i remmeber them all like um,yesterday here is a list of all of them

godaddy network (now just godaddy domain)
firefox.net (which was bought by msn) was like facebook a little bit mixed with msn messenger
geocities.com
angelville.com
homestead.com
angelfire.com
tripod.com
lycos.com
befree.ca
acradianrefugee.org

just wondering if anyone remember any other goods sites back in the day, feel so old now haha

Just for fun i had to add this for memories...hope it is okay but its my way to say r i p geocities
http://www.webhamster.com/

10-27-2009, 06:56 PM	#1
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