Sara Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 [size=1][url=http://news.cnet.com/now-closing-geocities-a-relic-of-webs-early-days/]Yahoo recently announced the closing of Geocities. (Link)[/url] When I first heard this news, it filled me with some amount of sadness. I was in middle school in the late 90's, which (news articles tell me) makes me part of the first real "Web" generation. There's a lot of nostalgia there, in the annals of the historic 90's internet?and Geocities was at the forefront of that, leading the charge with a certain brand of personal website that the internet will probably never see again. (We should probably all be thankful for that, but there is nevertheless a sadness in its passing.) Anyway, this post is just a long, roundabout way of giving context to the following sentence: [url=http://www.flashpointsocialmedia.com/Area51/Orion/geocities.html][b]Check out this cool link I found![/b][/url] P.S. If anyone still knows where their old Geocities site is, you should post a link for us.[/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxxscenekidxxx Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 [quote name='Sara'][size=1][url=http://news.cnet.com/now-closing-geocities-a-relic-of-webs-early-days/]Yahoo recently announced the closing of Geocities. (Link)[/url] When I first heard this news, it filled me with some amount of sadness. I was in middle school in the late 90's, which (news articles tell me) makes me part of the first real "Web" generation. There's a lot of nostalgia there, in the annals of the historic 90's internet—and Geocities was at the forefront of that, leading the charge with a certain brand of personal website that the internet will probably never see again. (We should probably all be thankful for that, but there is nevertheless a sadness in its passing.) Anyway, this post is just a long, roundabout way of giving context to the following sentence: [url=http://www.flashpointsocialmedia.com/Area51/Orion/geocities.html][b]Check out this cool link I found![/b][/url] P.S. If anyone still knows where their old Geocities site is, you should post a link for us.[/size][/QUOTE] nooo!!!! i cant believe it!!! i just started a site there!!! heres the link thingy... [url]http://www.geocities.com/loraine1001500/xxxscenekidxxx.html[/url] this saddens me :animecry: :animecry: :animecry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spectacular Professor Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 [quote name='xxxscenekidxxx']nooo!!!! i cant believe it!!! i just started a site there!!! heres the link thingy... [url]http://www.geocities.com/loraine1001500/xxxscenekidxxx.html[/url] this saddens me :animecry: :animecry: :animecry:[/QUOTE] [FONT="Comic Sans MS"]...Is it okay if I hold you solely responsible for the death of Geocities now?[/FONT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachmaninoff Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 I never used it, but that is kind of a shame. Especially since they don't offer another type of free hosting service. So people who simply did it for fun, will have to go elsewhere if they wish to keep having a site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 [SIZE="1"]Shame, I remember when it was all the rage to have a Geocities site, but then I also remember when it was all the rage to have a MyOtaku page. All part of the changing times I suppose.[/SIZE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinichi Kudou Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Oh man.. while it doesn't directly effect me, or any of the sites I visit, it's still a shame to see Geocities go. I remember when most of the websites were Geocities. All those old Sailor Moon webpages, and such.. with those good ol' error pages. ; ; Times are 'a changin'. xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaiyanPrincessX Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 [SIZE="1"]Say wha?! I'm so out of the loop. I've used Geocities since the late ninties, I've had several websites through them. Three of which are still up, but apparently not for long. Thats sad, I have a lot of memories with them too. Links below. > [URL="http://geocities.com/Saiyanpx86/Enter.html"]SaiyanPrincessX's Page[/URL] < : Personal artwork. I've had this site for nearly nine years. > [URL="http://www.geocities.com/mummytomb2/Enter-TheMummiesTomb.html"]The Mummies Tomb[/URL] < : Obsession I had with The Mummy movies. > [URL="http://www.geocities.com/saiyanprincessx1/Enter.html"]Digital Dojo[/URL] < : Obsession I hade of The Matrix movies.[/SIZE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxxscenekidxxx Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 [quote name='Ace'][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]...Is it okay if I hold you solely responsible for the death of Geocities now?[/FONT][/QUOTE] you hold me responsible? why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shy Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 [size=1]It's strange to imagine that Geocities will be gone, but at the same time I guess I haven't visited a Geocities site for the better part of five years. There was a brief spell when everyone on OB was creating their own Geocities sites and message boards... bleh. I made more than a few of them myself, but none of them seem to exist anymore. [url]http://www.geocities.com/otakupike/[/url] But [b]OtakuPike[/b] does! -Shy[/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiroMunkie Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 I wouldn't have even thought of their existence if no one had ever mentioned it, lol. Though it was a good start into the whole web design thing, at least for me. I use Notepad for all my needs nowadays. The only thing I wish it had was that color-coding stuff that things like FrontPage do. Kind of lame that they're leaving current hostees in the dust, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Hunter Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 That's rather shocking news considering, AE started on Geocities along with many other Anime websites. I guess it's not surprising honestly considering there's a million other free hosting services available these days with better offers. Even the paid for hosting is rather affordable these days. Next will be angelfire to go under if it hasn't already. :animeknow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jomz Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 I know I rarely update it, and people rarely visit.. and I was planning on updating the layout some time, too... D: Things really do change... Oh, well... Better find some better free host to toss in my junk, eh? (One with PHP support, I hope) Good thing my entire site is still saved in my hard drive... So long Geocities. It was fun. And to think I had a decent design going for my Realm... One last look before it goes down the drain? [URL="http://www.geocities.com/j_mauru"]Link[/URL] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunfallE Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 [COLOR="RoyalBlue"][FONT="Lucida Sans Unicode"]Oh wow. o_O I never used the service, but I often found interesting stuff on the sites people would make with it. It's too bad that they're not offering any form of free service to replace it. Though since there are others out there, I suppose that's kind of irrelevant. [/FONT][/COLOR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaiyanPrincessX Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 [SIZE="1"]Otaku Pike! Wow, I completely forgot about that place. Even though most of those links don't even work anymore. TOPAZ's(Mary Young) website OpenLegends I believe was started with Geocities. Heres the link, you can only find it through the Wayback internet thing now. > [URL="http://web.archive.org/web/20020604125747/www.openlegends.n3.net/"]OpenLegends[/URL] <[/SIZE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japan Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 [quote name='xxxscenekidxxx']nooo!!!! i cant believe it!!! i just started a site there!!! heres the link thingy... [url]http://www.geocities.com/loraine1001500/xxxscenekidxxx.html[/url] this saddens me :animecry: :animecry: :animecry:[/QUOTE] Angelfire should still be free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCBaggee Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 [color=darkred][size=1]GeoCities was, I think, the third host I had back when [i]The Homeworld[/i] was [i]The Anime Homeworld[/i]. Decent enough free webhost, but the lack of FTP and the ads they've recently started were pretty bad in my opinion. It will be sad to see them go. Do Angelfire and TriPod still offer free hosting? Also, holy crap, Otaku Pike. Update that, sir. --Chris[/color][/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Hunter Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 [quote name='Japan_86']Angelfire should still be free[/QUOTE] It still is free. As for Tripod I have no idea at this point, never used them to begin with. There's just so many better choices out there for free hosting then those two, these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korey Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 [font= frankilin gothic medium]The fact that Geocities went down, is going down can be attributed to a few things,imo. The rise of social networking sites- This in itself has shown the different "taste" that the current generation has acquired in regards to sharing content. Myspace, Facebook, and Blogspot all are free services that are fully customizable and relatively user-friendly. Why bother with pesky netcode if all you have to do is copypasta it for free? Also, sharing photos and information became as easy as saving money by switching to Geico. Big sites raking in the traffic- theOtaku is agood example. Why would you bother going to a random user's site to get the latest hearsay when theO brings you official news from reliable sources?[/font] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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