Goodbye Geocities - GoFuckYourself.com

HorseShit · 04-23-2009, 04:22 PM

So long my old friend from 1995

StuartD · 04-23-2009, 04:33 PM

http://geocities.yahoo.com/

Indeed. Was long over due in my opinion. It had it's day, was huge.

Sands · 04-23-2009, 04:36 PM

Noooooooooooo! Where will I store my flaming skull .gifs now!?!?

polish_aristocrat · 04-23-2009, 04:37 PM

how about terra.es?

JamesK · 04-23-2009, 04:37 PM

That's where I made my first porn site

May you rest in peace, dear Geocities.

$5 submissions · 04-23-2009, 04:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by polish_aristocrat

how about terra.es?

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

Fap · 04-23-2009, 04:38 PM

I preferred angelfire

$5 submissions · 04-23-2009, 04:39 PM

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

collegeboobies · 04-23-2009, 04:43 PM

Just makes you realize never to trust anything free to be around

d-null · 04-23-2009, 04:43 PM

remember all those free dial up accounts too that everyone figured advertising would pay for everything?

Nautilus · 04-23-2009, 04:45 PM

So they haven't found the way to monetize it? Looks like our joke of an industry is not the only one lacking good fresh ideas.

I may understand their reasoning, but still - just go ahead and shut down an Alexa top 100 site... must feel a lot of pain.

Cyber Fucker · 04-23-2009, 04:47 PM

R.I.P Geocities

d-null · 04-23-2009, 04:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nautilus

So they haven't found the way to monetize it? Looks like our joke of an industry is not the only one lacking good fresh ideas.

I may understand their reasoning, but still - just go ahead and shut down an Alexa top 100 site... must feel a lot of pain.

think of all those old geocities sites that are sitting high in the google serps too, will be gone overnight with no way to salvage them

Furious_Male · 04-23-2009, 04:55 PM

I never really used geocities. I put together my first site with Tripod. They seem to still be around in some form.

seeandsee · 04-23-2009, 04:56 PM

Quote:

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

BradM · 04-23-2009, 04:56 PM

It's where I got my start online. What a sad day.

SBJ · 04-23-2009, 05:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by banthis

I preferred angelfire

started out with angelfire but moved to geocities..

so sad I learned html with geocities with my first site.. lol a Star Wars fan page that got 10 hits a week and I thought that was the shit in 1998

XPays · 04-23-2009, 05:17 PM

Quote:

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

^ indeed

HorseShit · 04-23-2009, 05:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by d-null

think of all those old geocities sites that are sitting high in the google serps too, will be gone overnight with no way to salvage them

actually, people will get the option to sign up for 5.95 hosting a month or whatever to keep their current pages afaik

madawgz · 04-23-2009, 05:27 PM

aww you will be missed geocities

Sosa · 04-23-2009, 05:29 PM

back where I had my first website as well. Mainstream website at that

CaptainHowdy · 04-23-2009, 05:34 PM

Adiós, geocities...

sortie · 04-23-2009, 05:40 PM

Quote:

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

You know, I don't think they "ripped yahoo off".
I think yahoo took something valuable and wasted it.

The first mistake was not really putting geocities into the search results hardcore.
I mean, WTF! You have a search engine and you don't bring up webpages with
your own advertising on it in the top results??????

NinjaSteve · 04-23-2009, 05:42 PM

Quote:

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

Holy balls!

96ukssob · 04-23-2009, 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by polish_aristocrat

how about terra.es?

wow that is really old

badpuma · 04-23-2009, 06:02 PM

R.I.P
made a lot of sites on them

majortom · 04-23-2009, 06:15 PM

Had my first site there, 1997 I think it was..living in Amsterdam...... working for the Magick Shop with Oz

so I had Intershrooms.com

Thought I would make big $$$, and the cover of NewsWeek ...nope didn't happen just a few sales here and there...Took Newsweek 4 years to catch on...by then I was somewhere else...

I wish I had discovered porn at that time...

Rochard · 04-23-2009, 06:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by d-null

think of all those old geocities sites that are sitting high in the google serps too, will be gone overnight with no way to salvage them

I have a site up on Geocities. I couldn't access it any more, but it still sent out traffic to a program and I got money from it every month. Bummer.

Blazed · 04-23-2009, 06:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sortie

You know, I don't think they "ripped yahoo off".
I think yahoo took something valuable and wasted it.

The first mistake was not really putting geocities into the search results hardcore.
I mean, WTF! You have a search engine and you don't bring up webpages with
your own advertising on it in the top results??????

You failed with a free tube script you're hardly one to talk.

papill0n · 04-23-2009, 06:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by polish_aristocrat

how about terra.es?

haha something made me think of them the other day

I will add sexshare

sortie · 04-23-2009, 06:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blazed

You failed with a free tube script you're hardly one to talk.

You failed as a sig whore.

LiveDose · 04-23-2009, 06:40 PM

fsn.net.... 8-P

D Ghost · 04-23-2009, 07:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sands

Noooooooooooo! Where will I store my flaming skull .gifs now!?!?

HorseShit · 04-23-2009, 07:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sands

Noooooooooooo! Where will I store my flaming skull .gifs now!?!?

This is a very funny comment Sandy, I've been too lazy to click quote this entire time on it though until now after I just blew a big load and captured some new found energies!

BAKO · 04-23-2009, 07:08 PM

posting dumb shit in biz threads is not funny, fucking idiot

BlackCrayon · 04-23-2009, 07:10 PM

thats sucks. i have a site i made in 98 still there and still getting a decent amount of traffic.

BAKO · 04-23-2009, 07:11 PM

If you have a problem with me lets get together and solve it the right way, dont be doing keyboard warrior shit on me

BVF · 04-23-2009, 07:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JamesK

That's where I made my first porn site

May you rest in peace, dear Geocities.

Me too.....Back when I first started, I had my main domain forwarded to geocities....Then some bitch reported me and forced me to get a real host....

Good times.

nikki99 · 04-23-2009, 08:12 PM

thanks for the mamories geocities.com

Dennis69 · 04-23-2009, 08:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RageCash-Ben

haha something made me think of them the other day

I will add sexshare

Damn made myself nice $$$$ back in the day of Sexshare

bdld · 04-23-2009, 09:02 PM

yahoo also bought broadcast.com from mark cuban, another bonehead move.

SomeCreep · 04-23-2009, 09:05 PM

Quote:

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

Right before the dot com crash. They've made so many bad decisions. And ten years later, they're still making bad decisions. For example, not selling their company to Microsoft. No wonder their company is failing.

Ace_luffy · 04-23-2009, 09:07 PM

my first site was hosted in geocities
R.I.P Geocities

d-null · 04-23-2009, 09:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Justin

actually, people will get the option to sign up for 5.95 hosting a month or whatever to keep their current pages afaik

so they are not really closing geocities? just charging for it now?

Angry Jew Cat - Banned for Life · 04-23-2009, 11:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by banthis

I preferred angelfire

what he said. angelfire ftw!

Drake · 04-24-2009, 12:53 AM

End of an era. Yeah, I had my first site on geocities too.

VicD · 04-24-2009, 01:11 AM

geoshities

V_RocKs · 04-24-2009, 01:50 AM

I used to shotgun two netzero accounts for 112K baud.

Talk about blazing!

Emil · 04-24-2009, 01:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by banthis

I preferred angelfire

yeah, me too. angelfire ftw!

Nautilus · 04-24-2009, 02:03 AM

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.

04-23-2009, 04:22 PM	#1
HorseShit Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 17,513	Goodbye Geocities So long my old friend from 1995

04-23-2009, 04:33 PM	#2
StuartD Sofa King Band Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Outside the box Posts: 29,903	http://geocities.yahoo.com/ Indeed. Was long over due in my opinion. It had it's day, was huge. __________________ This is me on facebook This is me on twitter

04-23-2009, 04:37 PM	#4
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04-23-2009, 04:37 PM	#5
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04-23-2009, 04:39 PM	#8
$5 submissions I help you SUCCEED Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The Pearl of the Orient Seas Posts: 32,195	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 __________________ Need a NON-ADULT income stream? We build your YOUTUBE CHANNEL for only $20 per video! For Hire: $3/hour or $400 per month Marketing Specialist Virtual Assistants

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04-23-2009, 04:38 PM	#7
Fap Just Du It Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 12,094	I preferred angelfire

04-23-2009, 04:43 PM	#9
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04-23-2009, 04:43 PM	#10
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Nautilus Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,631	So they haven't found the way to monetize it? Looks like our joke of an industry is not the only one lacking good fresh ideas. I may understand their reasoning, but still - just go ahead and shut down an Alexa top 100 site... must feel a lot of pain. __________________ . . FerroCash - 50+ quality niche paysites to promote \| 100K+ FHGs \| Check recently added galleries New sites \| Pantyhose \| Nylon \| Shemale \| Strapon \| Lesbian \| Mature/MILF \| Anal \| Old&Young \| Gay \| Feet Morphing RSS feeds - check them at the Official blog\| Page Peels (Sample 1 : Sample 2) Wish to review or evaluate our sites before promoting them? Contact me for free password. ICQ: 38.89.22.76 e-mail: support AT ferrocash.com

04-23-2009, 04:47 PM	#12
Cyber Fucker Hmm Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: On an endless road around the world for rock and roll. Posts: 12,642	R.I.P Geocities __________________

04-23-2009, 04:55 PM	#14
Furious_Male Doing the grind since 99 Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Buffalo NY Posts: 16,881	I never really used geocities. I put together my first site with Tripod. They seem to still be around in some form. __________________ Living in Virtual Reality Contact: Email (preferred): furiousmale .at. gmail - Skype: live:shanedws

04-23-2009, 04:56 PM	#16
BradM Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: 1123,6536,5231 Posts: 3,397	It's where I got my start online. What a sad day.

04-23-2009, 05:27 PM	#20
madawgz 8.8.8.8 Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Noordermarkt Posts: 30,509	aww you will be missed geocities __________________ TAEMDLRMSKRJIXMRLSMRJ.

04-23-2009, 05:29 PM	#21
Sosa In Tushy Land Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Nebraska Posts: 40,149	back where I had my first website as well. Mainstream website at that

04-23-2009, 05:34 PM	#22
CaptainHowdy Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Happy in the dark. Posts: 93,434	Adiós, geocities... __________________ "Tjeezers.cam wishes you a nice day”

04-23-2009, 06:02 PM	#26
badpuma So Fucking Banned Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Arizona Posts: 245	They will be missed R.I.P made a lot of sites on them

04-23-2009, 06:15 PM	#27
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04-23-2009, 07:10 PM	#36
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04-24-2009, 12:53 AM	#46
Drake Hello world! Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 12,508	End of an era. Yeah, I had my first site on geocities too.

04-24-2009, 01:11 AM	#47
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04-24-2009, 01:50 AM	#48
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04-24-2009, 02:03 AM	#50
Nautilus Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,631	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. __________________ . . FerroCash - 50+ quality niche paysites to promote \| 100K+ FHGs \| Check recently added galleries New sites \| Pantyhose \| Nylon \| Shemale \| Strapon \| Lesbian \| Mature/MILF \| Anal \| Old&Young \| Gay \| Feet Morphing RSS feeds - check them at the Official blog\| Page Peels (Sample 1 : Sample 2) Wish to review or evaluate our sites before promoting them? Contact me for free password. ICQ: 38.89.22.76 e-mail: support AT ferrocash.com