Yahoo closes Geocities webhost after 15 years

[Sasori]

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Yahoo announced Thursday that it will shut down GeoCities, the Web site building business it acquired a decade ago. “We have decided to discontinue the process of allowing new customers to sign up for GeoCities accounts as we focus on helping our customers explore and build new relationships online in other ways,” Yahoo said in a statement. “We will be closing GeoCities later this year.” The closure is part of an effort to streamline operations at Yahoo, a plan that chief executive Carol Bartz outlined in more detail during the company’s Tuesday earnings call. “We are increasing investment in some areas while scaling back in others,” according to a spokeswoman. “For example, after careful consideration, we recently discontinued products such as Yahoo Briefcase, Farechase, My Web, Yahoo Audio Search, RSS ads, Yahoo Pets, Yahoo Live, Kickstart and Yahoo For Teachers, and outsourced Launchcast radio to CBS. We continue to evaluate our portfolio of products and services on a regular basis, and plan to share details of further changes with our consumers and partners in the months ahead.”

People with existing Geocities Web sites can still access and add content to their sites, but they will be shut down by the end of the year. “You don’t need to change a thing right now — we just wanted you to let you know about the closure as soon as possible,” Yahoo said in a FAQ on the Geocities site. “We’ll provide more details about closing GeoCities and how to save your site data this summer, and we will update the help center with more details at that time.” The company urged users to upgrade to Yahoo Web Hosting service. Yahoo purchased GeoCities in January 1999 for $5 billion.

Source: PC Magazine

I remember my old Geocities web-site with all its clumsy HTML…ah those were the good old days…

[L1Technician]

Pareha na pod sa Google Page Creator. Giusob na pod to Google website builder. Sayang kaayo mga handumanan nga mga websites nga pure html pa gyud.

[helios99]

Mao na gi sulti na let the good times roll.. Those were the days mga bro... Wala ta lain choice but to adapt the changes.. Kay kong wala pa ni adapt ang Istorya pure html pa unta ni..heheh..

[nyxgorf]

ari sad tawon pud ko sauna practise2x.. hantod karn wa japn na kat.on.. hehehe.. murag nagka hina nman ang yahoo!

[odzk]

agreed bro, nag hina jd ang yahoo, miskan ila search engine walay ayu ang mga results. Microsoft was about to buy yahoo, nya oa man sd kaau na cla pa presyo jd dako. hhehehhe

[L1Technician]

Kahinumdum paman gyud ko sa highschool pa ko Yahoo man gyud sikat. Kay kung mag search ka Yahoo man gyud ma hunahuna. Mi kalit lang gyud boom ang Google. Ang Google nga search engine kung tan-awon simple ra kaayo ang porma compare sa Yahoo nga daghang adverstisement ba.