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Farewell Geocities, and Thanks For All The Fish

Farewell Geocities, and Thanks For All The Fish

Geocities, the original and once greatest free site hosting service on the planet is closing for good today, some 10 years after Yahoo acquired it for $3.57 billion. Details on the closure here, and a short history ... continue
Really clever: XKCD does spot-on GeoCities tribute

Really clever: XKCD does spot-on GeoCities tribute

Despite my post yesterday about today's GeoCities rapidly approaching closure, I didn't realize how long it'd been since I'd seen a GeoCities site. XKCD has done a brilliant tribute, capturing all the late 90s "I've got a website!" ... continue
GeoCities goes dark tomorrow, all data to disappear

GeoCities goes dark tomorrow, all data to disappear

Have you been meaning to update your Beanie Baby conspiracy website since 1999 and just haven't had the time? Better make it quick- the service on which many internet users cut their web teeth is slated to disappear ... continue
Vale Geocities 1994-2009

Vale Geocities 1994-2009

Yahoo has announced that is will be closing Geocities, the web page hosting service it acquired in 1999 for $3.57 billion. Geocities initially launched in 1994 as BHI, later adopting the Geocities name in December 1995. Geocities wasn't ... continue