Goodbye Geocities

**Sarah_Jayne** · 04-24-2009, 01:15 AM

My first ever website was on Geocities and then when yahoo took it over I stopped updating it.

I am amazed that Tripod is still going.

**adonthenet** · 04-24-2009, 01:27 AM

thats really old one

**Emil** · 04-24-2009, 01:33 AM

Originally posted by Nautilus

I wonder, is this thing really that costly they need to drop it? With the bandwidth dirt cheap nowadays and the storage too, and the majority of content being simple static html pages, how much to they spend to support geocities?

I mean, I can understand google having problems with youtube, - that's a huge video site after all that hosts maybe half of worlds' online videos (but I still think the figure of their $500mil/year loss on youtube that is floating around is grossly overestimated) - but geocities? They're mostly html pages with a few pics if any, plus a long tail of old sites that still get traffic which is worth gold with contextual advertising while being almost free to run. Why would they drop it, I just don't get it... Or do I miss something?

Oh and they have their own advertising platform, why not to just plaster it everywhere and let people get checks for the ads displayed on their sites? Sorta sponsor free host model used in our business which is insanely profitable even with traffic heavy apps, which is not the case here. I'm sure nobody would bitch after the contextual ads panel was added to their site, if offered to get checks for it.

Old sites is still there, but I dont think you can create a new account.

**Nautilus** · 04-24-2009, 01:54 AM

Originally posted by Emil

Old sites is still there, but I dont think you can create a new account.

That's for now, but by the end of the year they plan to shut it down completely, with the exception of those who'll send them 5 bucks to keep going.

DK · 04-24-2009, 02:06 AM

I always hated that geocities static button that scrolled with the page.

I was a hardcore Tripod whore FTW!

**Angry Jew Cat - Banned for Life** · 04-24-2009, 02:28 AM

Th3y MuStA b33n F3eLiN Da HeAt!!!

AnGeLfiRe 4 LyFe!!!

**Calico Jack** · 04-24-2009, 02:30 AM

My very first site was with them too, probably most of us had something on there at once time or another.

**ExLust** · 04-24-2009, 03:19 AM

RIP Geocities. I had my first website for my school project.

**Pleasurepays** · 04-24-2009, 03:28 AM

Originally posted by $5 submissions

Congrats to the REAL WINNER: Dudes who sold Geocities to Yahoo for $3.65 BILLION in stock plus $1 BILLION in OPTIONS. http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-220817.html

LOLz

Earnings: Yahoo: Net Income Down 78 Percent; Will Cut Five Percent of Work Force

By Joseph Tartakoff - Tue 21 Apr 2009 01:25 PM PST

Hammered by a weak online advertising market, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) reported steep drops in net income and revenue during the first quarter and, as expected, announced another wave of layoffs?this time, five percent of its workforce.

Results were largely in line with expectations. The company posted net income of $118 million ($0.08 per share), down 78 percent from the $537 million ($0.11 per share) recorded during the same period a year ago. Revenue for the company?s first fiscal quarter dropped 13 percent to $1.58 billion, from $1.8 billion a year ago. On average, analysts had expected earnings per share of $0.08 cents and revenue of $1.63 billion.

**Matt 26z** · 04-24-2009, 04:34 AM

Originally posted by Nautilus

So they haven't found the way to monetize it?

Anything Yahoo touches turns to shit.

**Blazed** · 04-24-2009, 04:42 AM

Originally posted by sortie

You failed as a sig whore.

Good one

**Matt 26z** · 04-24-2009, 04:44 AM

Yahoo put their hands in too many projects. You can find anything at that site, but each service is just kind of average. And over the past five years they've gone completely stale aside from that lackluster social networking service.

**selena** · 04-24-2009, 04:57 AM

Originally posted by Sarah_MaxCash

My first ever website was on Geocities and then when yahoo took it over I stopped updating it.

I am amazed that Tripod is still going.

I first started building pages on Geocities and Tripod.

That seems like an eternity ago.

I guess in internet time it is.

**uno** · 04-24-2009, 04:57 AM

I can't remember if I had my first site on geocities, xoom, tripod or angelfire.

**pornguy** · 04-24-2009, 05:03 AM

Its amazing at the changes.

**Elixir** · 04-24-2009, 05:10 AM

Originally posted by JamesK

That's where I made my first porn site

May you rest in peace, dear Geocities.

Thats so sad story

**marko13** · 04-24-2009, 05:12 AM

another free service is shut down... a think a lot of others will be shut down as well....

**NetHorse** · 04-24-2009, 08:06 AM

Yahoo bought Geocities back in 99..I'm surprised it stuck around for as long as it did. They declared an $8 million loss for the final quarter of 1998, I couldn't imagine what it cost to keep alive from then until now.

**rowan** · 04-24-2009, 08:41 AM

I'm sure a few guys on here would like to buy geocities 404 traffic, once it closes down. ;)

**NetHorse** · 04-24-2009, 05:29 PM

Originally posted by rowan

I'm sure a few guys on here would like to buy geocities 404 traffic, once it closes down. ;)

Yeah, I bet Yahoo would only charge like $1 million per redirect.

**Pete-KT** · 04-24-2009, 08:18 PM

Had my first porn site on there, it was only a banner farm, but got signups from the yahoo and aim chat boards

back when kids used to use there parents credit cards, where there wasnt chargebacks as a normal thing

**webair** · 04-24-2009, 08:39 PM

all they were good for were temp pages to spam too...who are we kidding =)

**uno** · 04-24-2009, 08:43 PM

Originally posted by Matt 26z

Anything Yahoo touches turns to shit.

Is yahoo the new aol?

**digitaldivas** · 04-24-2009, 09:11 PM

wow, it was indeed huge in it's day, sorry to see it go

**baddog** · 04-24-2009, 10:08 PM

Originally posted by $5 submissions

Old school memories of TGP galleries hosted on terra.es to get around high hosting costs back in the day

We used it for MGP galleries.

**$5 submissions** · 04-24-2009, 10:15 PM

Yahoo seems to have a habit of failing to capitalize on its early position of advantage. Besides Geocities, another example of their failure to expand on a purchase is OVERTURE (formerly known as goto.com) There's a few others in their portfolio. Plus, many parts of Yahoo's portfolio are gold mines--but not to yahoo. For example: Yahoogroups and Yahoochat. The way Yahoo is going, I wouldn't be surprised if the company gets sold for a song sometime in the near future

Originally posted by Pleasurepays

Earnings: Yahoo: Net Income Down 78 Percent; Will Cut Five Percent of Work Force

By Joseph Tartakoff - Tue 21 Apr 2009 01:25 PM PST

Hammered by a weak online advertising market, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) reported steep drops in net income and revenue during the first quarter and, as expected, announced another wave of layoffs?this time, five percent of its workforce.

Results were largely in line with expectations. The company posted net income of $118 million ($0.08 per share), down 78 percent from the $537 million ($0.11 per share) recorded during the same period a year ago. Revenue for the company?s first fiscal quarter dropped 13 percent to $1.58 billion, from $1.8 billion a year ago. On average, analysts had expected earnings per share of $0.08 cents and revenue of $1.63 billion.

**AGS-17** · 04-24-2009, 11:22 PM

good bye

Goodbye Geocities

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