Can you still access GeoCities?

A search engine for old Geocities sites — find yours, and you can start re-editing it. So, Geocities — the service that, back in 1994, set off the first phase of everyday folks putting crazy, fun stuff online — still exists as a hosting service.

How do I access my old GeoCities page?

To begin browsing the archive, navigate to the Neighborhoods page. Like the original GeoCities itself, the archive is categorized by the theme of each website. Clicking into a Neighborhood will bring up an open directory page that has an index of all of the sites.

What happened to my GeoCities page?

What happened to GeoCities? In April 2009, the company announced that it would end the United States GeoCities service on October 26, 2009. There were at least 38 million pages displayed by GeoCities before it was terminated, most user-written. The GeoCities Japan version of the service endured until March 31, 2019.

Why was GeoCities shut down?

Yahoo Japan announced today (Oct. 1) that it will shut down (link in Japanese) its GeoCities service in March 2019, 22 years after its launch. The company said in a statement that it was hard to encapsulate in one word the reason for the shut down, but that profitability and technological issues were primary factors.

Is there a GeoCities archive?

Geocities was one of the first places your average person could make a website for free. The Geocities Gallery aims to archive these sites and return them to functionality, MIDIs and all.

When did GeoCities close?

Oct. 26, 2009
In April 2009, Yahoo announced that GeoCities would cease accepting new registrations in preparation of the service’s closing. In June, they clarified: the service would shut down on Oct. 26, 2009. As their FAQ states, GeoCities is not being decommissioned —— it’s being deleted.

When did Yahoo buy GeoCities?

1999
When Yahoo! bought GeoCities for $3.7 billion in 1999, CNN Money called it a move that would “solidify Yahoo!’s position as a front-runner in the online popularity contest.” History shows us otherwise. Back then, GeoCities was the third most visited “site” on the Web.

What replaced GeoCities?

Somebody transported in time from 1999 might be forgiven for thinking that MySpace was GeoCities’ natural successor. They would have a point. Home pages are replaced with MySpace Profiles, and the whole thing is glued together via a social networking overlay, but there are distinct similarities.

Who bought GeoCities?

Yahoo!

What are GeoCities for?

GeoCities was a web hosting service that allowed users to create and publish websites for free and to browse user-created websites by their theme or interest. GeoCities was started in November 1994 by David Bohnett and John Rezner, and was named Beverly Hills Internet briefly before being renamed GeoCities.

Are GeoCities free?

GeoCities was a web hosting service that allowed users to create and publish websites for free and to browse user-created websites by their theme or interest.

When was GeoCities shut down?