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Why is Yahoo Geocities is closing up?

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  • 21-07-2009 7:19pm
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    jcdf
    Registered Users Posts: 48 ✭


    I got an email saying that Yahoo Geocities is closing on October 26, 2009. I do not have a Geocities website but I frequently visit them. Why are they shutting up and will all the Geocities sites disappear?


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    cpu-dude
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,089 ✭✭✭cpu-dude


    jcdf wrote: »
    I got an email saying that Yahoo Geocities is closing on October 26, 2009. I do not have a Geocities website but I frequently visit them. Why are they shutting up and will all the Geocities sites disappear?
    Cos it's ancient!

    Out with the old, in with the new.


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    Talisman
    Registered Users Posts: 6,055 ✭✭✭Talisman


    jcdf wrote: »
    I got an email saying that Yahoo Geocities is closing on October 26, 2009. I do not have a Geocities website but I frequently visit them. Why are they shutting up and will all the Geocities sites disappear?
    Yahoo thought they bagged a bargain when they snapped it up for something like $3.5 billion back in 1998/1999. The web has evolved and Geocities didn't - there's no need for Geocities when people have access to Bebo/Facebook/MySpace etc.


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    Dave!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,857 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    Cos it's horrendous!!!


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    jcdf
    Registered Users Posts: 48 ✭jcdf


    Talisman wrote: »
    Yahoo thought they bagged a bargain when they snapped it up for something like $3.5 billion back in 1998/1999. The web has evolved and Geocities didn't - there's no need for Geocities when people have access to Bebo/Facebook/MySpace etc.
    Yahoo made a mistake. How much do you think Geocities would be worth today?


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    laugh
    Registered Users Posts: 3,745 ✭✭✭laugh


    jcdf wrote: »
    Yahoo made a mistake. How much do you think Geocities would be worth today?

    Income from the ads is obviously not paying its way, so nothing or a negative amount.


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    jcdf
    Registered Users Posts: 48 ✭jcdf


    laugh wrote: »
    Income from the ads is obviously not paying its way, so nothing or a negative amount.

    3.5 billion to nothing or negative in less than a decade. Not as bad as the banks anyway.


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    WithCheesePlease
    Registered Users Posts: 1,006 ✭✭✭WithCheesePlease


    http://news.cnet.com/now-closing-geocities-a-relic-of-webs-early-days/?tag=mncol


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