Originally Posted by Nautilus (Post 15783406)

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.

Originally Posted by Emil (Post 15783459)

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

Originally Posted by $5 submissions (Post 15782267)

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

Originally Posted by Nautilus (Post 15782288)

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

Originally Posted by sortie (Post 15782568)

You failed as a sig whore. :2 cents:

Originally Posted by Sarah_MaxCash (Post 15783428)

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.

Originally Posted by JamesK (Post 15782262)

That's where I made my first porn site :(

May you rest in peace, dear Geocities.

Originally Posted by rowan (Post 15784305)

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

Originally Posted by Matt 26z (Post 15783700)

Anything Yahoo touches turns to shit.

Originally Posted by $5 submissions (Post 15782263)

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

Originally Posted by Pleasurepays (Post 15783596)

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.