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RIP GeoCities

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by 2muchcoffeeman, Apr 23, 2009.

  1. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    And if you're one of the 12 people left whose homepage is still there, consider archiving it.

    http://www.pcworld.com/article/163765/so_long_geocities_we_forgot_you_still_existed.html
     
    2muchcoffeeman, Apr 23, 2009
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  2. forever_town

    forever_town Well-Known Member

    I had my first Web page on Geocities.

    RIP.
     
    forever_town, Apr 23, 2009
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  3. Freelance Hack

    Freelance Hack Active Member

    Saw the article this afternoon. Can't believe Yahoo spent $4 BILLION on GeoCities 10 years ago.

    We should save this because there may become a time when Facebook or another site becomes the e-equivalent of an antique.
     
    Freelance Hack, Apr 23, 2009
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  4. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    I guess heaven needed someone to be a prick about hot-linking.
     
    dooley_womack1, Apr 23, 2009
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  5. Gomer

    Gomer Active Member

    I still have a geocities site for resume purposes. Their home page says it won't be closed down until sometime later this year and that they'll provide instructions for archiving later this summer. Presumably they'll open up FTP - once a free service - for a while so folks like myself can grab everything that's on there easily.
     
    Gomer, Apr 23, 2009
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  6. RickStain

    RickStain Well-Known Member

    And by "may" you mean "absolutely will" and "time" you mean "within a couple of years."
     
    RickStain, Apr 23, 2009
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  7. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    Abe Vigoda's home page is on Geocities.
     
    TheSportsPredictor, Apr 23, 2009
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  8. Freelance Hack

    Freelance Hack Active Member

    Perhaps. I think the advertising revenue stream makes Facebook's chances for staying around a little better.
     
    Freelance Hack, Apr 23, 2009
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  9. mustangj17

    mustangj17 Active Member

    Shit... Our track page was on geocities. All the school records, meet results since 1997.
     
    mustangj17, Apr 23, 2009
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  10. mediaguy

    mediaguy Well-Known Member

    Didn't Geocities have some huge USFL archive page? Team helmets, year-by-year stats, everything. It was frighteningly comprehensive.
     
    mediaguy, Apr 23, 2009
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  11. RickStain

    RickStain Well-Known Member

    They're getting there, but the bandwidth and server costs for a site like that are huge, and the ad revenue isn't getting there. They are running through venture capital fast and furious.

    They do seem to know that the moment the ads become too onerous, someone will replace them with an ad-free version, so they are keeping it pretty non-invasive.
     
    RickStain, Apr 24, 2009
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  12. ArnoldBabar

    ArnoldBabar Active Member

    Now that's funny.
     
    ArnoldBabar, Apr 24, 2009
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