GeoCities closing

[HBIC]

Yes, this time it is for real.
http://geocities.yahoo.com/

After careful consideration, we have decided to close GeoCities later this year. We'll share more details this summer.

more information on
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/geocities/geocities-05.html

[krishmk]

hmm.. thats a bad news! (especially for newbies and Individuals who wish to run a personal site)
When I first started learning about web design, I created my first website thru geocities.
Even though they close their service the name "Geocities" would remain in my mind forever as it gave me the opportunity to build my first dream site!

[tankard]

LOL, anohter Spam/Crap fortress falls Great News!

Instead you will be able to use their slow, overpriced, award whining service LOL LOL!!!

[dj.blitzkri3g]

This is saad....'cuz my online career began on Geocities....sure feel nostalgic.....
It is b'cuz of stuff like this that I think Yahoo! sucks!!!

[wisdomtool]

It is very sad. I remembered I cut my teeth on web design here on Geocities when they were still divided into "streets". Getting into a favorite address wasn't easy. But it was fun with some community spirit. After their "upgrades" I no longer used it. Well all good things must come to an end one of these days I guess.

[offshore web development]

That's sad news but its so nice of yahoo people that they are providing information that they are going to close their fantastic service asap. You can back up your data which you have posted on your geocities website. So sad...

[sarahk]

Originally Posted by wisdomtool

It is very sad. I remembered I cut my teeth on web design here on Geocities when they were still divided into "streets". Getting into a favorite address wasn't easy. But it was fun with some community spirit. After their "upgrades" I no longer used it. Well all good things must come to an end one of these days I guess.

Back in '98 or '99 I started out on Wall Street and left when I discovered PHP, put a redirect on the site and off I went.

Later they allowed PHP but back then it was html and javascript all the way. My thick html book I bought for $100 didn't even mention CSS. Yep, nostalgia!

After they made the changes I decided I wanted to change that redirect but I never managed to regain ftp access to the site. Yahoo's membership support was non-existant.

It's a shame to close it because everyone has to start somewhere, but with google pages and wordpress.com and all the other newbie options I guess they will only be missed by those of us who were around in the beginning.

[Grit.]

Wow.. i can't beleive Geocities is going... i like most, started on there... in fact on of my pages still exist on there... i used to have a fan site i made in pure HTML for a game called Phantasy Star Online... ah the good old days, where i was proud of some simple HTML

[jakomo]

Wow! I cannot believe it, there are many many websites hosted in Geocities, really I do not understand that

[files_king]

sad news ..Geocities was the start of every webmaster ..

[amol_cool]

wow.. that's sad.. though they sucked nowadays they still will be remembered by people like us who started there!

[Bohra]

Yea offcourse now they will promote their paid hosting

[uttoransen]

geocities is where i began too, but with a 4 MB+ hourly bandwidth, and sidebar full of ads... it is just a MFA thing and nothing more...

Originally Posted by Bohra

Yea offcourse now they will promote their paid hosting

hope they close their paid hosting too, because it sux even more,

[jonathon]

damn my first website from 1997 is still up on geocities time to back it up!

[micksss]

My first site over ten years ago was on geocities too Do you think yahoo will sell geocities to someone or just shut everything down?

[kenbrower]

Geocities was great when it started up. Like so many other companies it failed to keep pace with the times. Long overdue.

[lightstarm2k]

Originally Posted by micksss

My first site over ten years ago was on geocities too Do you think yahoo will sell geocities to someone or just shut everything down?

they will do the same thing like yahoo briefcase

[funnyname]

Goodbye Geocities !

[nihangshah]

After Briefcase, Geocities is closing down. Hope Yahoo! brings some new products.

[kbeus21]

I bet you they are closing because of the blogosphere much easier to build and maintain. Did anyone hear why they are closing geocities?