GeoCities
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| Web hosting | |
| operator | Yahoo |
| editorial staff | David Bohnett and John Rezner |
| Registration | Yes |
| On-line | 1994 |
| http://www.geocities.com/ | |
GeoCities was a freehoster founded in 1994 and bought by Yahoo in 1999 , which offered free web hosting for website operators . Most recently, it was only available in Japan (only in Japanese ) until 2019 , after the US site was shut down in 2009. Advertising windows had to be accepted for hosting since 1997 . In 1996, 29 “neighborhoods” formed the GeoCities web space.
15 MB storage space, a web construction kit for inexperienced users and a file manager for creating and managing pages and for uploading images as well as an HTML editor for more experienced users were offered. HTML pages could also be created offline and then had to be copied into the HTML window. Alternatively, it was possible to upload the pages to the server via FTP . The offer also included an access counter with the profile of the site visitors that the administrator can call up.
GeoCities was discontinued on October 26th, 2009 except for the Japanese branch of Yahoo. Problems with the profitability of the project, declining user numbers and the overall level of the web presence (partly spam or malware ) were decisive factors.
As the last offshoot, the Japanese offshoot ceased operations on March 31, 2019.
Archiving projects
GeoCities was partially archived from the Internet Archive ; A little later, a project was founded with ReoCities , the aim of which is to keep the GeoCities websites largely true to the original. Other projects with the same goal are Geocities.ws and OoCities.com.
A multimedia processing of the file system is being created under the title The Deleted City .
The One Terabyte of Kilobyte Age project runs a Tumblr blog that automatically puts several screenshots of old Geocities pages online every day.
Web links
- Yahoo! GeoCities Japan
- Yahoo! GeoCities ( Memento from August 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- Yahoo! GeoCities ( Memento from October 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), German-language branch
- A list of all GeoCities neighborhoods and suburbs
Individual evidence
- ↑ Felix Knoke: Netzwelt Ticker: Farewell to the Internet Mummy. In: Spiegel Online . April 24, 2009. Retrieved January 8, 2017 .
- ↑ Gordon Gottsegen: GeoCities dies in March 2019, and with it a piece of internet history. Retrieved March 18, 2019 .
- ↑ ReoCities.com ( Memento of October 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ The Deleted City
- ↑ One Terabyte of Kilobyte Age