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Then in late June 2009, Yahoo announced that it would shut down the [=GeoCities=] service and every site in it, and on October 26, 2009, they followed through on that promise. Any attempt to go to a [=GeoCities=] page now will take you to a 404 page. Most people dismissed this happening with casual indifference, but then, soon after the closure was announced, a number of different archive projects sprouted up in an attempt to save and preserve as many of the more than 38 million pages that existed as possible, culminating in a [[http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/2720 900 GB torrent]] released by Jason Scott and the Wiki/ArchiveTeam one year after the site came to an end.
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Then in late June 2009, Yahoo announced that it would shut down the [=GeoCities=] service and every site in it, and on October 26, 2009, they followed through on that promise. Any attempt to go to a [=GeoCities=] page now will take you to a 404 page. Most people dismissed this happening with casual indifference, but then, soon after the closure was announced, a number of different archive projects sprouted up in an attempt to save and preserve as many of the more than 38 million pages that existed as possible, culminating in a [[http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/2720 900 GB torrent]] released by Jason Scott and the Wiki/ArchiveTeam Archive Team one year after the site came to an end.
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An archive at [[http://www.oocities.org/ Oocities]] has salvaged many pages, as has [[http://www.reocities.com/ Reocities]]. And for some reason, [=GeoCities=] remained open in Japan until March of 2019.
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An archive at [[http://www.oocities.org/ Oocities]] has salvaged many pages, as has [[http://www.reocities.com/ Reocities]]. And for some reason, [=GeoCities=] remained open in Japan until March of 2019.
2019. As a response to the shutdown, there is a SpiritualSuccessor called [[https://neocities.org/ NeoCities]].
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An archive at [[http://www.oocities.org/ Oocities]] has salvaged many pages, as has [[http://www.reocities.com/ Reocities]]. And for some reason, [=GeoCities=] continues remained open in Japan until March of 2019.
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An archive at [[http://www.oocities.org/ Oocities]] has salvaged many pages, as has [[http://www.reocities.com/ Reocities]]. And for some reason, [=GeoCities=] continues remained open in Japan until March of 2019.
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* NotQuiteDead: Even though the service was officially closed years ago, a [[https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Awww.geocities.com Google search]] shows that thousands of Geocities pages still exist on their original form in the geocities.com domain.
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Nowadays, Geocities is now entirely defunct and even the Japanese Geocities website is now gone.
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An archive at [[http://www.oocities.org/ Oocities]] has salvaged many pages, as has [[http://www.reocities.com/ Reocities]]. And for some reason, [=GeoCities=] remains open [[http://geocities.yahoo.co.jp/ in Japan]], although they have announced they too will close their services down in March of 2019.
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An archive at [[http://www.oocities.org/ Oocities]] has salvaged many pages, as has [[http://www.reocities.com/ Reocities]]. And for some reason, [=GeoCities=] remains continues remained open [[http://geocities.yahoo.co.jp/ in Japan]], although they have announced they too will close their services down in Japan until March of 2019.
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* NotQuiteDead: Even though the service was officially closed years ago, a [[https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Awww.geocities.com Google search]] shows that thousands of Geocities pages still exist on their original form in the geocities.com domain. [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff The site also remains active in Japan and is still used there as a (somewhat) popular host to this day]].
* NotQuiteDead: Even though the service was officially closed years ago, a [[https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Awww.geocities.com Google search]] shows that thousands of Geocities pages still exist on their original form in the geocities.com domain. [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff The site also remains active in Japan and is still used there as a (somewhat) popular host to this day]].
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* NotQuiteDead: Even though the service was officially closed years ago, a [[https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Awww.geocities.com Google search]] shows that thousands of Geocities pages still exist on their original form in the geocities.com domain.
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An archive at [[http://www.oocities.org/ Oocities]] has salvaged many pages, as has [[http://www.reocities.com/ Reocities]]. And for some reason, [=GeoCities=] remains open [[http://geocities.yahoo.co.jp/ in Japan]].
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An archive at [[http://www.oocities.org/ Oocities]] has salvaged many pages, as has [[http://www.reocities.com/ Reocities]]. And for some reason, [=GeoCities=] remains open [[http://geocities.yahoo.co.jp/ in Japan]].
Japan]], although they have announced they too will close their services down in March of 2019.
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* PopCultureOsmosis: Works like ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' or [[http://spacecoyote.com/comics/sat/ Saturnalia]] referencing the site long after people stopped using it are a major reason many of the more casual internet goers remember it at all.
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* PopCultureOsmosis: Works like ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' or [[http://spacecoyote.com/comics/sat/ Saturnalia]] referencing the site long after people stopped using it are a major reason many of the more casual internet goers still remember it at all.
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* NotQuiteDead: Even though the service was officially closed years ago, a [[https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Awww.geocities.com Google search]] shows that thousands of Geocities pages still exist on their original form in the geocities.com domain. [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff The site also remains active in Japan and is still used there as a (somewhat)popular host to this day]].
* PopCultureOsmosis: Works like ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' or [[http://spacecoyote.com/comics/sat/ Saturnalia]] referencing the site long after it stopped being used are a major reason many of the more casual internet goers remember it at all.
* PopCultureOsmosis: Works like ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' or [[http://spacecoyote.com/comics/sat/ Saturnalia]] referencing the site long after it stopped being used are a major reason many of the more casual internet goers remember it at all.
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* NotQuiteDead: Even though the service was officially closed years ago, a [[https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Awww.geocities.com Google search]] shows that thousands of Geocities pages still exist on their original form in the geocities.com domain. [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff The site also remains active in Japan and is still used there as a (somewhat)popular (somewhat) popular host to this day]].
* PopCultureOsmosis: Works like ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' or [[http://spacecoyote.com/comics/sat/ Saturnalia]] referencing the site long afterit people stopped being used using it are a major reason many of the more casual internet goers remember it at all.
* PopCultureOsmosis: Works like ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' or [[http://spacecoyote.com/comics/sat/ Saturnalia]] referencing the site long after
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* PopCultureOsmosis: Especially on ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' and [[http://spacecoyote.com/comics/sat/ Saturnalia.]]
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* PopCultureOsmosis: Especially on Works like ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' and or [[http://spacecoyote.com/comics/sat/ Saturnalia.]]Saturnalia]] referencing the site long after it stopped being used are a major reason many of the more casual internet goers remember it at all.
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* TropeCodifier: The idea of regular people creating their own web content for no cost.
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* TropeCodifier: The idea of regular people creating their own web content for no cost.cost was first attempted and then immediately popularized by [=GeoCities=], as basically ''everyone'' else around that time were too occupied reciting the "ItWillNeverCatchOn" mantra to snatch the opportunity beforehand.
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* NotQuiteDead: Even though the service was officially closed years ago, a [[https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Awww.geocities.com Google search]] shows that thousands of Geocities pages still exist on their original form in the geocities.com domain.
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* NotQuiteDead: Even though the service was officially closed years ago, a [[https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Awww.geocities.com Google search]] shows that thousands of Geocities pages still exist on their original form in the geocities.com domain. [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff The site also remains active in Japan and is still used there as a (somewhat)popular host to this day]].
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Then in late June 2009, Yahoo announced that it would shut down the [=GeoCities=] service and every site in it, and on October 26, 2009, they followed through on that promise. Any attempt to go to a [=GeoCities=] page now will take you to a 404 page. Most people dismissed this happening with casual indifference, but then, soon after the closure was announced, a number of different archive projects sprouted up in an attempt to save and preserve as many of the more than 38 million pages that existed as possible, culminating in a [[http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/2720 900 GB torrent]] released by Jason Scott and the UsefulNotes/ArchiveTeam one year after the site came to an end.
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Then in late June 2009, Yahoo announced that it would shut down the [=GeoCities=] service and every site in it, and on October 26, 2009, they followed through on that promise. Any attempt to go to a [=GeoCities=] page now will take you to a 404 page. Most people dismissed this happening with casual indifference, but then, soon after the closure was announced, a number of different archive projects sprouted up in an attempt to save and preserve as many of the more than 38 million pages that existed as possible, culminating in a [[http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/2720 900 GB torrent]] released by Jason Scott and the UsefulNotes/ArchiveTeam Wiki/ArchiveTeam one year after the site came to an end.
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* NotQuiteDead: Even though the service was officially closed years ago, a [[https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Awww.geocities.com Google search]] shows that thousands of Geocities pages still exists on their original form in the geocities.com domain.
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* NotQuiteDead: Even though the service was officially closed years ago, a [[https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Awww.geocities.com Google search]] shows that thousands of Geocities pages still exists exist on their original form in the geocities.com domain.
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Then in late June 2009, Yahoo announced that it would shut down the [=GeoCities=] service and every site in it, and on October 26, 2009, they followed through on that promise. Any attempt to go to a [=GeoCities=] page now will take you to a 404 page. Most people dismissed this happening with casual indifference, but then, soon after the closure was announced, a number of different archive projects sprouted up in an attempt to save and preserve as many of the more than 38 million pages that existed as possible, culminating in a [[http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/2720 900 GB torrent]] released by Jason Scott and the UsefulNoted/ArchiveTeam one year after the site came to an end.
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Then in late June 2009, Yahoo announced that it would shut down the [=GeoCities=] service and every site in it, and on October 26, 2009, they followed through on that promise. Any attempt to go to a [=GeoCities=] page now will take you to a 404 page. Most people dismissed this happening with casual indifference, but then, soon after the closure was announced, a number of different archive projects sprouted up in an attempt to save and preserve as many of the more than 38 million pages that existed as possible, culminating in a [[http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/2720 900 GB torrent]] released by Jason Scott and the UsefulNoted/ArchiveTeam UsefulNotes/ArchiveTeam one year after the site came to an end.
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Then in late June 2009, Yahoo announced that it would shut down the [=GeoCities=] service and every site in it, and on October 26, 2009, they followed through on that promise. Any attempt to go to a [=GeoCities=] page now will take you to a 404 page. Most people dismissed this happening with casual indifference, but then, soon after the closure was announced, a number of different archive projects sprouted up in an attempt to save and preserve as many of the more than 38 million pages that existed as possible, culminating in a [[http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/2720 900 GB torrent]] released by Jason Scott and the Archive Team one year after the site came to an end.
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Then in late June 2009, Yahoo announced that it would shut down the [=GeoCities=] service and every site in it, and on October 26, 2009, they followed through on that promise. Any attempt to go to a [=GeoCities=] page now will take you to a 404 page. Most people dismissed this happening with casual indifference, but then, soon after the closure was announced, a number of different archive projects sprouted up in an attempt to save and preserve as many of the more than 38 million pages that existed as possible, culminating in a [[http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/2720 900 GB torrent]] released by Jason Scott and the Archive Team UsefulNoted/ArchiveTeam one year after the site came to an end.
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An archive at [[http://www.oocities.org/ Oocities]] has salvaged many pages, as has [[http://www.reocities.com/ Reocities]]. And for some reason, [=GeoCities=] remains open in Japan.
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An archive at [[http://www.oocities.org/ Oocities]] has salvaged many pages, as has [[http://www.reocities.com/ Reocities]]. And for some reason, [=GeoCities=] remains open [[http://geocities.yahoo.co.jp/ in Japan.
Japan]].
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An archive at [[http://www.oocities.org/ Oocities]] has salvaged many pages, as has [[http://www.reocities.com/ Reocities].Reocities]]. And for some reason, [=GeoCities=] remains open in Japan.
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More archival goodness
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An archive at [[http://www.oocities.org/ Oocities]] has salvaged many pages.pages, as has [[http://www.reocities.com/ Reocities]. And for some reason, [=GeoCities=] remains open in Japan.
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Once upon a time in 1994, entrepreneurs David Bohnett and John Rezner founded a Web hosting service called Beverly Hills Internet, which would later be known as [=GeoCities=]. The service allowed anybody to create their own Web page for free, and each of those pages was sorted into a specific "neighborhood" depending on what its content was ([=CapitolHill=] for politics, [=MotorCity=] for cars, etc.). Through the rest of {{The Nineties}}, [=GeoCities=] grew to become of the biggest Web sites of its day, was the third-most visited Web site on the entire World Wide Web behind AOL and Website/{{Yahoo}}, and had thousands of users signing up every day.
Things started to go downhill the moment the site was acquired by Yahoo in January 1999. After paying $3 billion for it, Yahoo constantly struggled to make the service profitable, many users left over the new Terms of Service Yahoo put out, and the neighborhood categorization was dropped in favor of sites named after the users who made them. Given how huge a presence [=GeoCities=] had on the Internet at that point, Yahoo's mismanagement probably helped usher in the bursting of the dot-com bubble.
Then in late June 2009, Yahoo announced that it would shut down the [=GeoCities=] service and every site in it, and on October 26, 2009, they followed through on that promise. Any attempt to go to a [=GeoCities=] page now will take you to a 404 page. Most people dismissed this happening with casual indifference, but then, soon after the closure was announced, a number of different archive projects sprouted up in an attempt to save and preserve as many of the more than 38 million pages that existed as possible, culminating in a [[http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/2720 900 GB torrent]] released by Jason Scott and the Archive Team one year after the site came to an end.
The blog [[http://contemporary-home-computing.org/1tb/ One Terabyte of Kilobyte Age]] showcases and discusses interesting, cute, and symptomatic stuff found in the [=GeoCities=] archive. It's a fascinating insight into the early Internet culture and trends either forgotten or evolved.
An archive at [[http://www.oocities.org/ Oocities]] has salvaged many pages. And for some reason, [=GeoCities=] remains open in Japan.
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!!This website provided examples of:
* NotQuiteDead: Even though the service was officially closed years ago, a [[https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Awww.geocities.com Google search]] shows that thousands of Geocities pages still exists on their original form in the geocities.com domain.
* PopCultureOsmosis: Especially on ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' and [[http://spacecoyote.com/comics/sat/ Saturnalia.]]
* TheNineties: When people think "Internet in the 1990s", they think [=GeoCities=].
* TropeCodifier: The idea of regular people creating their own web content for no cost.
* {{Zeerust}}: The look of nearly every Web site on there, especially the ones themed around computers or technology.
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[[caption-width:316:Launcher of a Thousand [=GIFs=]]]
Once upon a time in 1994, entrepreneurs David Bohnett and John Rezner founded a Web hosting service called Beverly Hills Internet, which would later be known as [=GeoCities=]. The service allowed anybody to create their own Web page for free, and each of those pages was sorted into a specific "neighborhood" depending on what its content was ([=CapitolHill=] for politics, [=MotorCity=] for cars, etc.). Through the rest of {{The Nineties}}, [=GeoCities=] grew to become of the biggest Web sites of its day, was the third-most visited Web site on the entire World Wide Web behind AOL and Website/{{Yahoo}}, and had thousands of users signing up every day.
Things started to go downhill the moment the site was acquired by Yahoo in January 1999. After paying $3 billion for it, Yahoo constantly struggled to make the service profitable, many users left over the new Terms of Service Yahoo put out, and the neighborhood categorization was dropped in favor of sites named after the users who made them. Given how huge a presence [=GeoCities=] had on the Internet at that point, Yahoo's mismanagement probably helped usher in the bursting of the dot-com bubble.
Then in late June 2009, Yahoo announced that it would shut down the [=GeoCities=] service and every site in it, and on October 26, 2009, they followed through on that promise. Any attempt to go to a [=GeoCities=] page now will take you to a 404 page. Most people dismissed this happening with casual indifference, but then, soon after the closure was announced, a number of different archive projects sprouted up in an attempt to save and preserve as many of the more than 38 million pages that existed as possible, culminating in a [[http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/2720 900 GB torrent]] released by Jason Scott and the Archive Team one year after the site came to an end.
The blog [[http://contemporary-home-computing.org/1tb/ One Terabyte of Kilobyte Age]] showcases and discusses interesting, cute, and symptomatic stuff found in the [=GeoCities=] archive. It's a fascinating insight into the early Internet culture and trends either forgotten or evolved.
An archive at [[http://www.oocities.org/ Oocities]] has salvaged many pages. And for some reason, [=GeoCities=] remains open in Japan.
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!!This website provided examples of:
* NotQuiteDead: Even though the service was officially closed years ago, a [[https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Awww.geocities.com Google search]] shows that thousands of Geocities pages still exists on their original form in the geocities.com domain.
* PopCultureOsmosis: Especially on ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' and [[http://spacecoyote.com/comics/sat/ Saturnalia.]]
* TheNineties: When people think "Internet in the 1990s", they think [=GeoCities=].
* TropeCodifier: The idea of regular people creating their own web content for no cost.
* {{Zeerust}}: The look of nearly every Web site on there, especially the ones themed around computers or technology.
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