Yahoo has finally decided to shut down its long-time free-hosting service, Geocities. It was 10 years ago that Yahoo acquired Geocities for a huge sum of $3.57 billion.
There will be no more sign-ups starting today and towards the end of this year, all existing accounts will be shut down as well. Active users are advised to download and save their data from their accounts.
Yahoo is offering its professional web hosting services to those who still want to continue and move their sites (its the paid service though). For others, they will still be free hosting service to move to like Blogger or WordPress. I guess Yahoo is just saving up some money in this tough times and it looks like Geocities could be burning some serious cash.
I think I had my very first website back in the 90s on Geocities (or was it Angelfire?). In the days before blogging was known to man, having a Geocities account was the “in thing” then.
Twitter: noelbautista
says:
One of the first websites are in Geocities and angelfire.
It guess its about time to cut on operating expenses that does not bring profit.
i will miss geocities
lol i think geocities is ugly
Twitter: nickdael
says:
Sabi na nga ba darating rin to. Closing Geocities to clear up some space for their unlimited storage in email. Tsk3
it is home for some bogus sites too… maybe that’s one of the reason they have to shut it down. well, its just a maybe.
That’s sad. I too used to have a Geocities account.
Geocities will always be remembered, a website back then http://geocities.com/itlivewire/main.html
awww, nandun yung first ever website ko! hehe.
I use to have geocities account before when i started web developing,is was a big contribution with my learning.
RIP to geocities. lol
sino may account ng geocities?
nabigyan kasi ako ng parang promo para mgmigrate sa new host system kaso need ng account ng geocites un ang pang verify na subs ka nga. free domain hosting at registration for 2 years with unlimited bandwidth. meron pa ako 5 code. email nio lang ako d2 genesislina@gmail.com
Да, таких зачетных блогов я еще не видел! Этот блог даст фору многим сайтам ( по содержанию и не только)! Пять баллов!