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GeoCities closing

Discussion in 'Yahoo' started by HBIC, Apr 23, 2009.

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

    more information on
    http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/geocities/geocities-05.html
     
    HBIC, Apr 23, 2009 IP
  2. krishmk

    krishmk Well-Known Member

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    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!
     
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  3. tankard

    tankard Well-Known Member

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    LOL, anohter Spam/Crap fortress falls :D Great News!

    Instead you will be able to use their slow, overpriced, award whining service LOL LOL!!!
     
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    dj.blitzkri3g Active Member

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    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!!!
     
    dj.blitzkri3g, Apr 23, 2009 IP
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    wisdomtool Moderator Staff

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    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.
     
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    offshore web development Peon

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    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...
     
    offshore web development, Apr 23, 2009 IP
  7. sarahk

    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    #7
    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.
     
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    Grit. Well-Known Member

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    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
     
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    jakomo Well-Known Member

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    Wow! I cannot believe it, there are many many websites hosted in Geocities, really I do not understand that
     
    jakomo, Apr 23, 2009 IP
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    files_king Banned

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    sad news ..Geocities was the start of every webmaster ..
     
    files_king, Apr 23, 2009 IP
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    amol_cool Guest

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    wow.. that's sad.. though they sucked nowadays they still will be remembered by people like us who started there!
     
    amol_cool, Apr 23, 2009 IP
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    Bohra Prominent Member

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    Yea offcourse now they will promote their paid hosting
     
    Bohra, Apr 23, 2009 IP
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    uttoransen Prominent Member

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    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...


    hope they close their paid hosting too, because it sux even more,
     
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    jonathon Well-Known Member

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    damn my first website from 1997 is still up on geocities time to back it up!
     
    jonathon, Apr 23, 2009 IP
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    micksss Notable Member

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    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?
     
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    Geocities was great when it started up. Like so many other companies it failed to keep pace with the times. Long overdue.
     
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    they will do the same thing like yahoo briefcase
     
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    Goodbye Geocities :(!
     
    funnyname, Apr 23, 2009 IP
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    After Briefcase, Geocities is closing down. Hope Yahoo! brings some new products.
     
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    I bet you they are closing because of the blogosphere much easier to build and maintain. Did anyone hear why they are closing geocities?
     
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