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Geocities closing forever - Save your stuff NOW be
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SUSMNet
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Oct 25 2009, 11:25 PM, updated 17y ago
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Geocities is closing down forever on 26 October 2009. If you have anything on Geocities you MUST save it NOW or permanently lose it. Please pass this on to anyone that may not know Geocities is permanently being closed. For anyone needing to save files: Go to your Geocities file manager. Right click "View" for the file you want to save. Click "Save link as ..." FYI you can no longer get to Geocities through the Yahoo interface. You must go to http://geocities.yahoo.com/gcp/home.php and navigate to your file manager from there.
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SUSbalthauser
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Oct 25 2009, 11:28 PM
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Well, it turn out to be true
Anyway, who visit geocities anyway nowadays.
This post has been edited by balthauser: Oct 25 2009, 11:30 PM
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XeonBox
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Oct 25 2009, 11:37 PM
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Opsss.. its memory when we are kid.. is sad to heard this.. how come yahoo cant support it anymore?
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kding2
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Oct 25 2009, 11:58 PM
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Geocities huh..what a nostalgic name to me.
It had been at least 10 years that I never hear this name anymore.
So why is it closing down?
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SUSbalthauser
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Oct 26 2009, 12:12 AM
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QUOTE(kding2 @ Oct 25 2009, 11:58 PM) Geocities huh..what a nostalgic name to me. It had been at least 10 years that I never hear this name anymore. So why is it closing down? Facebook and blog, to name a few.
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SnoWFisH
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Oct 26 2009, 10:26 AM
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Geocities, lycos, angelfire, xoom, tripod...all the names we used to love are all closing down  . Not to mention my first website was on geocities...Din't expect it to be closed down exactly as my birth day This post has been edited by SnoWFisH: Oct 26 2009, 10:27 AM
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corallinkz
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Oct 26 2009, 02:31 PM
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QUOTE(SnoWFisH @ Oct 26 2009, 10:26 AM) Geocities, lycos, angelfire, xoom, tripod...all the names we used to love are all closing down  . Not to mention my first website was on geocities...Din't expect it to be closed down exactly as my birth day  happy birthday!! have a good day! yeah, it's my 1st time website on geocities. sad they are closing it down.
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josephting
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Oct 26 2009, 03:54 PM
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Haha... Happy birthday to SnoWFisH. I never started on Geocities. I started in Freewebs.  They are closing down because the amount of users are dropping?
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xboss182
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Oct 26 2009, 04:02 PM
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yeah, hepy besday to u too, SnoWFisH. frankly, i use a lot geocities in good old day.even now there still data on there. thanks folk for dis news.gotta download all down first.
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SnoWFisH
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Oct 26 2009, 06:18 PM
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I guess Web 2.0 and the age of blogs proved too much for Geocities to survive... Added on October 26, 2009, 6:52 pmI have dedicated a short blog post to Geocities here at http://bit.ly/rn146This post has been edited by SnoWFisH: Oct 26 2009, 06:52 PM
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kding2
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Oct 26 2009, 08:24 PM
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QUOTE(SnoWFisH @ Oct 26 2009, 10:26 AM) Geocities, lycos, angelfire, xoom, tripod...all the names we used to love are all closing down  . Not to mention my first website was on geocities...Din't expect it to be closed down exactly as my birth day  All those names sound so "1995" to me..I guess that those were first things that I learned when I start to use computer and internet.. Definitely felt nostalgic when thinking it back...old times..
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SnoWFisH
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Oct 26 2009, 09:41 PM
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Yeah....xoom was the only provider that offered unlimited storage, but i opted for geocities cuz i can use ftp to upload my pages... Sigh...bye bye geocities  .
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mars1069
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Oct 26 2009, 10:35 PM
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QUOTE(SnoWFisH @ Oct 26 2009, 10:26 AM) Geocities, lycos, angelfire, xoom, tripod...all the names we used to love are all closing down  . Not to mention my first website was on geocities...Din't expect it to be closed down exactly as my birth day  lycos is closing down meh? I still using its email service & it still available
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JusticeDeserves
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Oct 26 2009, 10:44 PM
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Just asking, they are just closing all the servers or killing only the index files? Because, this site: http://www.withinwindows.com/Shows that GeoCites is closing down but when you visit one of the bloggers directory, http://www.withinwindows.com/wp-content/th...swithin/images/ Its so funny, either the guy is pulling a fast one or really its gone. UPDATE: hmm http://www.withinwindows.com/wp-login.phpThis post has been edited by JusticeDeserves: Oct 26 2009, 10:47 PM
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akaneikegami
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Oct 26 2009, 10:49 PM
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who cares la. geocities damn noob la. LOL! even weebly also better...freewebs also not bad. geocities totally sucks, man. no offense, ya...geocities lover.
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mars1069
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Oct 26 2009, 11:33 PM
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i'd never used geocities service, dunno how it works
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JusticeDeserves
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Oct 27 2009, 11:30 AM
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QUOTE(akaneikegami @ Oct 26 2009, 10:49 PM) who cares la. geocities damn noob la. LOL! even weebly also better...freewebs also not bad. geocities totally sucks, man. no offense, ya...geocities lover. Ok, I am not lover too but GeoCites are hosted on their very speedy servers, Yahoo is one of the largest searching company, so hosting there is a good idea but I never thought of it
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ConquerorX
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Oct 27 2009, 12:02 PM
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Ah, Geocities. I used to work my first few sites on Geocities. Sad to hear that, they're going away now  Thanks for the info though
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SUSbalthauser
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Oct 27 2009, 12:40 PM
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QUOTE(akaneikegami @ Oct 26 2009, 10:49 PM) who cares la. geocities damn noob la. LOL! even weebly also better...freewebs also not bad. geocities totally sucks, man. no offense, ya...geocities lover. Wuu .. you must feels great eh? I mean, saying the only thing that offer beginner webhosting in pre-2000 as sucks must made you proud. Wee .. everyone noob, you're great
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SnoWFisH
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Oct 27 2009, 01:00 PM
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No offence but prior to 2000, only Geocities and Xoom servers were fast enough for me. The rest were quite slow. 3 more hours to 27th October in the US
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rukawa
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Oct 27 2009, 01:45 PM
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I missed my first geocities lol... http://geocities.com/hikki_minorThose days crazy about utada hikaru
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stevito
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Oct 27 2009, 03:43 PM
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OMG!! Really? It is sad to hear that!! I had my personal Geocities site, but I forget the URL already.. hehehe.. Well. There must be some management issue on handling the Geocities sites!! I am wondering how the Google Apps doing in the next 10 years? hahahaha
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SUSbalthauser
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Oct 27 2009, 04:23 PM
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QUOTE(stevito @ Oct 27 2009, 03:43 PM) OMG!! Really? It is sad to hear that!! I had my personal Geocities site, but I forget the URL already.. hehehe.. Well. There must be some management issue on handling the Geocities sites!! I am wondering how the Google Apps doing in the next 10 years? hahahaha Not management issue but more toward outdated idea.
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ezzygood
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Oct 27 2009, 04:47 PM
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QUOTE(balthauser @ Oct 27 2009, 04:23 PM) Not management issue but more toward outdated idea. yupz, nowday...peep more into networking and blogger... geocities is an outdated ideas...but it's once rules the internet world... bye bye..
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akaneikegami
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Oct 27 2009, 04:51 PM
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QUOTE(balthauser @ Oct 27 2009, 12:40 PM) Wuu .. you must feels great eh? I mean, saying the only thing that offer beginner webhosting in pre-2000 as sucks must made you proud. Wee .. everyone noob, you're great wa. damn sarcastic lo lu. jk only mar...don't be sad la...ok lo...i retract back what i say...
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chezzball
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Oct 27 2009, 05:57 PM
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will google cache still works ? i mean the content of the geocities site...
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SnoWFisH
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Oct 27 2009, 10:01 PM
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google cache will prolly work for about a week...it'll be taken off slowly...
geocities is still up as of now
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JusticeDeserves
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Oct 28 2009, 12:49 AM
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i remember having my first geo cites too, it was quite cool at then because i didn't know a single thing about html and css, but now most of us has gone advanced by having their own hoster
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rukawa
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Oct 28 2009, 11:41 AM
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Finally the geocities site i posted is taken down...
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SnoWFisH
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Oct 28 2009, 02:17 PM
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Mine also shut down already...
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Deimos Tel`Arin
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Oct 28 2009, 03:46 PM
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poor geocities finally closing.
will someone else take up the domain name?
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akaneikegami
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Oct 28 2009, 04:52 PM
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QUOTE(Deimos Tel`Arin @ Oct 28 2009, 03:46 PM) poor geocities finally closing. will someone else take up the domain name? hmmmm...don't think so gua....
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froz3nnoob
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Oct 28 2009, 05:02 PM
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sad that they will be closing. my site close down too.
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li_ping
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Oct 28 2009, 05:04 PM
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My projects used to be hosted at geocities too. But the contents are not found anymore
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kding2
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Oct 28 2009, 07:09 PM
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Can someone explain to me in the short summary about Geocities?
What it is about and what can it do actually?
Is it a blog or something like that?
Totally have no clue about GeoCities at all despite that I heard the name before.
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SUSbalthauser
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Oct 28 2009, 07:55 PM
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeocitiesYea, its freaking hard, I had to sell my soul for it.
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johagood
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Oct 28 2009, 08:48 PM
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New Member
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yeah...geocities become history, i still remember the day when i upload my website and so exited about it.
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genjo
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Oct 29 2009, 04:11 AM
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i feel sad  two of my sites is gone.... i have failed to save them i forgot the password and email....
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akaneikegami
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Oct 29 2009, 02:38 PM
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QUOTE(genjo @ Oct 29 2009, 04:11 AM) i feel sad  two of my sites is gone.... i have failed to save them i forgot the password and email.... that means you long time didn't use liao lo. XD
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ladycooper
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Oct 29 2009, 02:53 PM
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never used Geocities before but is a big name in good old day.
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kding2
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Oct 29 2009, 08:05 PM
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So, I guess maybe after another 10 years, we might experience another domain closing down..maybe blogspot would be the next victim?
Hahaha..Just joking.
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akaneikegami
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Oct 29 2009, 10:47 PM
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QUOTE(kding2 @ Oct 29 2009, 08:05 PM) So, I guess maybe after another 10 years, we might experience another domain closing down..maybe blogspot would be the next victim? Hahaha..Just joking. No way! My personal blog and domain email there one ler!
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