About 6 years ago i had several free sites on Geocities, but I abandoned them when a monthly charge was implemented. Yesterday I realized that those old sites could be worth something, due to their age and possible PR. Unfortunately, entering the parts of their URLs that I remember onto theGeocities site search doesn't find anything. I do remember that they were "located" on streets like Rodeo Drive. Are they really gone gone gone, or can they somehow be brought back as 6-year-old sites?
I started one in '99 and when I bought a domain put a meta refresh in there I later sold the domain and wanted to change the meta refresh but can't get access. Sending emails to support hasn't worked and in the end I gave up. geocities.com/WallStreet/5108/ The rogues who bought the domain have gone under yet again and that domain no longer has a site.
I'm in the same situation. I ran a geocities site back in '97 that was getting decent traffic then I moved to Honduras for a bit, never updated it, forgot about it. Oh how I wish I were smarter...
I think Ahkip means sell the account. Probably against their TOS but it's worth checking. You'd need to be able to login, mind!
It's interesting that your meta refresh still works, so the site is still active (mine are not, if I'm remembering the URLs correctly). So, if only Yahoo would let you get access to the site again you would likely have some high-PR sites.!
Where exactly would that PR come from? How high are the chances that a LOT of people will still be linking to a site from 10 years ago? My guess is none.