It is dead...

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And I'm a little sad.

Goodbye Geocities after 15 years of free newbie hosting.

I knew ye well.
I remember ye flashy graphics.
And blinking text.
Goodbye ye old friend.
I didn't even know you were still around.

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  • i just saw this. its the end of an era. a cheezy low bandwith era with really bad graphics...but an era.
  • Wow, hadn't heard that. It's a little like hearing about the loss of an old friend as that's where I got my start online. R.I.P. old friend.
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    • LinkoCities. It will be missed. I may have to put up a memorial site.
  • Wow, They also closed down MSN Groups. I was on there for a number of years. Nothing stays the same. Everything changes
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    • Yep, as the saying goes, "the only constant is change"!

      Jeff.
  • So did they ever actually make any money?
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    • Evidently not - or not enough to justify the continuation of the "free" services.

      Bear in mind that that the majority of service providers are a business, they can only provide free services if these generate revenue in one form or another (such as advertising) or if the other areas of their business generate sufficient revenues to fund the free services.

      Think of the donations to charity made by large businesses - it gives them good publicity and helps good causes. They can only make donations however, if they are earning the money to enable them to do so.

      Just my thoughts,
      Jeff.
  • Wow! I didn't hear about this. It's like the great uncle I never talk to just died.
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    • Banned

      lol ... I forgot they ever existed. The Adwords are hilarious ... Move those sites now before it's too late!!! Move them here!!!
  • Wow totally forgot about them after all these years. lol

    Frank Bruno
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    • Just like any software, it comes and goes. Yeah it's the end of an era. When I think about those years, it was really a long time ago! Better and more improved web-based applications emerged since then.
  • What will they tell their web-ring members!

    Graphic WebRings
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  • Wow, pretty strange. I had no idea they were still around.
  • Web 1.0 is the best!
  • strange some geocities pages are still working?! what the?
    ooh it says no NEW geocities accounts are no longer available.

    so that means some sites are still around? or have i just found an anomaly?
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  • The news has been around for a few weeks...

    BBC NEWS | Technology | Yahoo pulls the plug on GeoCities

    Cheers,

    Neil
  • I'm glad they closed it down. I had been getting anywhere from 25 - 50 spam emails from their members every day selling male enhancement products and $800 credit to join a casino.
  • Good bye old friend. What an era, it has been!
  • I had no idea they are still around. Damn it seems like it was ages ago lol they were popular.

    Is it weird that I feel a little sad about this, even though I never even had a geocities acount
  • Do you think Geocities will suffer this fate if they are bought over by Google?
  • Wow, little saddened. Can't help but have those feelings of nostalgia, as my first site ever was built at Geocities in 1993.
  • aawwwww.. i remember them fondly. with glittery graphics, and tinkerbells. goodbye geocities... so whats next from them?
  • I don't believe it. Not a word. It's a myth, like links at FFA pages not getting you to the top of Google or traffic exchanges being a complete waste of time. You people are so easily duped. Geocities IS the World Wide Web. C'mon. Use your head.
  • Wow... that's craziness... I have never used them, but spending 5 billion on something that doesn't pay off is just mad...
  • I had an account the year they started. I can remember it taking me hours to upload my cheesy graphics w/ my 14.4k modem. I also remember finding one of my first sites there just about a year ago. It cracked me up to see some of the crap I'd put on my webpages. Ahhh What a life! - You'll be missed! - not
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