geocities is closing

atsonicpark · 05.15.2009, 03:46 PM

So... I mean, I know most of you don't have geocities accounts... but I do! I had to move everything over to angelfire. Not a big hassle really, but, still, a hassle. Figured I'd give a heads-up...

Jeremy · 05.15.2009, 03:47 PM

Damn.... That's a BIG site too. I wonder why it's closing?

~Jeremy~

atsonicpark · 05.15.2009, 03:53 PM

Yahoo's "careful consideration", according to the page....

$$$

Derek · 05.15.2009, 04:00 PM

That's lame. Geocities was the best of the free websites I thought!

Jeremy · 05.15.2009, 04:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by atsonicpark

Yahoo's "careful consideration", according to the page....

$$$

I figured that was the "real" reason.

~Jeremy~

atsonicpark · 05.15.2009, 04:09 PM

I had a Nintendo 64 page 11 years ago (bolded and italicized because I, myself, can't believe it was that long ago!), and it was on Geocities. First webpage I ever was on, obviously, and I learned html through it and all sorts of other things. It was great. It was called Planet 64. I eventually moved up in the world with a friend and we called the site N64 Surge. We ended up getting like 500,000 hits on a simplenet page... Ah, the good old days.

I know a bit about HTML now (though I never show it), and it's all thanks to Geocities! That was SO cool back in the day.. to make your own webpage... and Geocities, Angelfire, Xoom, and Tripod all made it possible. Look for those to go next (well, I don't know if Xoom's still around -- I doubt it. I know Tripod and Angelfire are).

pbradley · 05.15.2009, 04:10 PM

Ha, I remember my brother had a geocities site under TimesSquare.

atsonicpark · 05.15.2009, 04:11 PM

Yeah, mine was geocities slash hollywood slash 4967. I don't know why I still remember that. Eventually, they let you just put whatever name you wanted afterwards.

!@#$%! · 05.15.2009, 04:16 PM

geowhat?

is this 1996?

ha ha ha

Diesel · 05.15.2009, 06:14 PM

opish balh

ahab.

floatingslowly · 05.15.2009, 07:33 PM

thank fucking gawd.

although it might have been a great place to hold photobooks online, it's a terrible place to link from.

Diesel · 05.15.2009, 07:37 PM

would'nt it be fun

ni'k · 05.15.2009, 07:46 PM

whats going to happen to it? will it be lost forever or be stored somewhere?

atsonicpark · 05.15.2009, 08:11 PM

probably gone forever.

atsonicpark · 05.15.2009, 08:11 PM

though you could visit the pages on archive.org I imagine.

www.geocities.com/tyrannorabbit is one of my all time favorite websites...

phoenix · 05.15.2009, 08:43 PM

damn. I have a bunch of OLD stuff hosted on a geocities account.. not sure if I want to rescue any of it or not though.. I used to hotlink my imgs by changing the extensions from .jpg to .txt, which thanks to a lazy anti hotlink file, worked.

hummm. I used to have a crappy website in oldold geocities too, but there is no way I remember what / name/name/ it was.

Lamont Cranston · 05.16.2009, 03:19 AM

how will I consult King Crimson bootlegs?!
http://www.geocities.com/kcrimsonlive/index.htm

alteredcourse · 05.16.2009, 04:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by atsonicpark

I know a bit about HTML now (though I never show it), and it's all thanks to Geocities! That was SO cool back in the day.. to make your own webpage... and Geocities, Angelfire, Xoom, and Tripod all made it possible.

Yes ! This is nuts ! I handnt thought of it in a long time. As a younger teenage girl under influence I made a site dedicated to girl bass players such as white zombie's sean yseult, hole's kirsten pfaff, and smashing pumpkins' D'arcy wretszky, not to mention kim gordon.

Strange times, this, but inevitable.

pokkeherrie · 05.16.2009, 10:19 AM

Wow, first Napster, then Netscape Navigator and now Geocities as well.... what's next? Altavista?

I guess the 90's are really over now.

noisereductions · 05.20.2009, 10:14 AM

I really feel like geocities closing is sad.

05.15.2009, 03:46 PM	#1
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	So... I mean, I know most of you don't have geocities accounts... but I do! I had to move everything over to angelfire. Not a big hassle really, but, still, a hassle. Figured I'd give a heads-up... __________________
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Jeremy 100% Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: The Batcave Posts: 833	Damn.... That's a BIG site too. I wonder why it's closing? ~Jeremy~ __________________
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Yahoo's "careful consideration", according to the page.... $$$ __________________
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Derek invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 8,095	That's lame. Geocities was the best of the free websites I thought!
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05.15.2009, 04:09 PM	#6
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	I had a Nintendo 64 page 11 years ago (bolded and italicized because I, myself, can't believe it was that long ago!), and it was on Geocities. First webpage I ever was on, obviously, and I learned html through it and all sorts of other things. It was great. It was called Planet 64. I eventually moved up in the world with a friend and we called the site N64 Surge. We ended up getting like 500,000 hits on a simplenet page... Ah, the good old days. I know a bit about HTML now (though I never show it), and it's all thanks to Geocities! That was SO cool back in the day.. to make your own webpage... and Geocities, Angelfire, Xoom, and Tripod all made it possible. Look for those to go next (well, I don't know if Xoom's still around -- I doubt it. I know Tripod and Angelfire are). __________________
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pbradley invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoKo Posts: 10,621	Ha, I remember my brother had a geocities site under TimesSquare.
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05.15.2009, 04:11 PM	#8
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Yeah, mine was geocities slash hollywood slash 4967. I don't know why I still remember that. Eventually, they let you just put whatever name you wanted afterwards. __________________
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!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,466	geowhat? is this 1996? ha ha ha
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Diesel the destroyed room Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 570	opish balh ahab.
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floatingslowly invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 21,165	thank fucking gawd. although it might have been a great place to hold photobooks online, it's a terrible place to link from.
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Diesel the destroyed room Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 570	would'nt it be fun
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ni'k invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,360	whats going to happen to it? will it be lost forever or be stored somewhere?
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	probably gone forever. __________________
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phoenix invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: the future where it's hot and dark Posts: 5,926	damn. I have a bunch of OLD stuff hosted on a geocities account.. not sure if I want to rescue any of it or not though.. I used to hotlink my imgs by changing the extensions from .jpg to .txt, which thanks to a lazy anti hotlink file, worked. hummm. I used to have a crappy website in oldold geocities too, but there is no way I remember what / name/name/ it was. __________________ tiny and lost.
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05.16.2009, 03:19 AM	#17
Lamont Cranston 100% Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 725	how will I consult King Crimson bootlegs?! http://www.geocities.com/kcrimsonlive/index.htm __________________ This is how it will all end: not with floods, earthquakes, falling comets or gigantic crabs roaming the Earth. No, doomsday will start simply out of indifference.
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pokkeherrie invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 4,289	Wow, first Napster, then Netscape Navigator and now Geocities as well.... what's next? Altavista? I guess the 90's are really over now.
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noisereductions invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England, USA Posts: 16,210	I really feel like geocities closing is sad. __________________ noisereduxinstalled.weebly.com
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