Goodbye, Geocities

Onkel Neal · 10-28-09, 07:24 AM

So long, old friend.

http://www.slate.com/id/2233723/

I had several submarine websites on GeoCities, to save space from the early days.

Facebook, some day this could be you!

XabbaRus · 10-28-09, 07:28 AM

My second site was on there.

Shame, so how many other free hosting sites are there?

I don't want to have to set up a Facebook page if I don't want to.

end of an era.

SteamWake · 10-28-09, 08:49 AM

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Brimming with blinking, moving, garishly colored text and animated dancing cats, GeoCities made MySpace look like a bastion of elegance and restraint.

I wasent even aware that yahoo had bought them up. I suppose you could have seen the writing on the wall at that point.

August · 10-28-09, 08:55 AM

I had a geocities account!

Oberon · 10-28-09, 09:06 AM

I had one too, grabbed the stuff from it a few months ago when I heard that it was folding up.

Kazuaki Shimazaki II · 10-28-09, 09:31 AM

I've had a few personal websites (which I left rot) but I never used Geocities. 15MB with ads just wasn't competitive by the time I used it.

Torplexed · 10-28-09, 08:04 PM

Oh well, at least EZ Board which was one of the first incarnations of this forum is still around, although I think it's now called Yuku.

Syxx_Killer · 10-29-09, 06:52 PM

Wow. That's definitely an end to an era. My first website was on Fortunecity, but my other two were on Geocities. Back then I liked the website editor a lot better with Geocities than Fortunecity. I remember one website was dedicated to the old computer game Super Off-Road. Another was for a squadron for NovaLogic's F-22 Lightning 3.

bookworm_020 · 10-29-09, 07:17 PM

Wow! It is an end of an era indeed! I guess it shows how far we have come from the early days of the internet.

Letum · 10-29-09, 07:32 PM

THIS POST

This post is a tribute to Geocities.

May it's horrible formatting, bright
colours and tacky .gifs never leave
the internet archive.

If I could fill the
background bright
yellow I would.

Torplexed · 10-29-09, 07:35 PM

Suddenly I don't feel very nostalgic for Geocities.

SteamWake · 10-29-09, 07:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Torplexed

Suddenly I don't feel very nostalgic for Geocities.

Cmon that was freakin awsome !!!

Stealth Hunter · 10-29-09, 08:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Letum

THIS POST

This post is a tribute to Geocities.

May it's horrible formatting, bright
colours and tacky .gifs never leave
the internet archive.

If I could fill the
background bright
yellow I would.

Dowly · 10-30-09, 09:53 AM

Good riddance I say. Letum's post gives a good idea why I think so.

longam · 10-30-09, 10:02 AM

Now I remember why I never used it.

Another good example http://www.miauk.com/

10-28-09, 07:24 AM	#1
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Goodbye, Geocities So long, old friend. http://www.slate.com/id/2233723/ I had several submarine websites on GeoCities, to save space from the early days. Facebook, some day this could be you! __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

10-28-09, 07:28 AM	#2
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	My second site was on there. Shame, so how many other free hosting sites are there? I don't want to have to set up a Facebook page if I don't want to. end of an era. __________________

10-28-09, 08:55 AM	#4
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I had a geocities account! __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

10-29-09, 07:17 PM	#9
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Wow! It is an end of an era indeed! I guess it shows how far we have come from the early days of the internet. __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

10-29-09, 07:32 PM	#10
Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	THIS POST This post is a tribute to Geocities. May it's horrible formatting, bright colours and tacky .gifs never leave the internet archive. If I could fill the background bright yellow I would. __________________

10-28-09, 09:06 AM	#5
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	I had one too, grabbed the stuff from it a few months ago when I heard that it was folding up.

10-28-09, 09:31 AM	#6
Kazuaki Shimazaki II Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,140 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I've had a few personal websites (which I left rot) but I never used Geocities. 15MB with ads just wasn't competitive by the time I used it.

10-28-09, 08:04 PM	#7
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Oh well, at least EZ Board which was one of the first incarnations of this forum is still around, although I think it's now called Yuku.

10-29-09, 06:52 PM	#8
Syxx_Killer Admiral Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 2,387 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	Wow. That's definitely an end to an era. My first website was on Fortunecity, but my other two were on Geocities. Back then I liked the website editor a lot better with Geocities than Fortunecity. I remember one website was dedicated to the old computer game Super Off-Road. Another was for a squadron for NovaLogic's F-22 Lightning 3.

10-29-09, 07:35 PM	#11
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Suddenly I don't feel very nostalgic for Geocities.

10-30-09, 09:53 AM	#14
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Good riddance I say. Letum's post gives a good idea why I think so.

10-30-09, 10:02 AM	#15
longam Admiral Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,014 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	Now I remember why I never used it. Another good example http://www.miauk.com/