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GeoCities is not completely dead

126 points by alter8 14y ago

fein 14y ago
It's like looking through time! On another note, Bandung, Indonesia seems like a nice vacation spot. This guys woodcarvings are absolutely incredible. Fully detail MRAP? A wooden F-2002? I'll take one! http://www.geocities.com/wcaindonesia/ http://www.geocities.com/wcaindonesia/
- nopassrecover 14y ago
  They are indeed incredible. I can imagine a market selling these as decoys to third-world militaries.
  - Dove 14y ago
    Military decoys have to be better than that. Check out what they actually use: http://ravenaerostar.com/products/inflatables/military-decoys http://ravenaerostar.com/products/inflatables/military-decoy...
wgx 14y ago
Wow. Clicked a few and got; a guy selling wooden carvings of ships, a lodge resort in Oklahoma, and "Cafe Cokin is an Unofficial Cokin Filter System web site". They don't make the internet like that anymore.
- KenCochrane 14y ago
  Poor guy is looking at his google analytics this morning and hoping he is going to sell a bunch of wooden ships from all this new traffic to his website, only to be disappointed.
  - creativityhurts 14y ago
    It would be nice to send him emails asking about those wooden carvings of ships to restore his faith in the Internet.
  - aasarava 14y ago
    Google Analytics? Don't you mean the spinning odometer at the bottom of the page? ;)
  - deleted 14y ago
    [deleted]
- pnathan 14y ago
  Hmmm. I wonder what the ROI would be on giving away 100 MB FTP/www space in exchange for ads...
sp332 14y ago
Wow, real Geocities.com domain? I wonder if someone missed a server when decommissioning the cluster? I thought this was going to refer to the fact that you can replace geocities.com with reocities.com and get most sites. http://www.reocities.com/newhome/makingof.html http://www.reocities.com/newhome/makingof.html
- alter8 14y ago
  > I wonder if someone missed a server when decommissioning the cluster? I submitted because I wanted to hear a possible explanation. I see that some sites have some nested content, but nothing found when you go to their root. Is it because they are just missing index.html? EDIT: thanks for correcting me, sp332. http://www.geocities.com/epark/linux/grub-w2k-HOWTO.html http://www.geocities.com/epark/linux/grub-w2k-HOWTO.html http://www.geocities.com/soho/7373/ http://www.geocities.com/soho/7373/
  - sp332 14y ago
    This one works, it even has a tracking pixel :) http://www.geocities.com/epark/ http://www.geocities.com/epark/
  - deleted 14y ago
    [deleted]
DeanCollinsNYC 14y ago
hey these things never go away as long as someone is prepared to pay the power bill eg a friend of mine wrote some rap songs years ago, all still there - http://jackverbals.tripod.com/ http://jackverbals.tripod.com/
jgroome 14y ago
I ran a search for "site:geocities.com/Area51" to see if the old free hosting webpages are still alive. Found this gem:http://www.geocities.com/area51/3253/ http://www.geocities.com/area51/3253/ It's very easy to look down our collective noses at Geocities, but I really feel I owe virtually everything I have to their free 2mb hosting. I learned the ins and outs of FTP from uploading my first webpages - webpages that taught me how HTML works. I did my best to hide their sponsor banners with my first JavaScript. Everyone has access to their own Facebook profile and the like these days, so the idea of owning your own space on the Web is kind of archaic. But is there still an equivalent of Geocities for modern Internet users?
- olalonde 14y ago
  I believe you can get free hosting on Amazon, Google AppEngine, Heroku, etc. I'd say the learning curve is much steeper now however.
- KenCochrane 14y ago
  What is great about that site is that the site footer and all the annoying icons/ads/membership rings is longer then the body of the site.
- amirmc 14y ago
  I'd very much like to own my own space on the web. Particulary to run core things that really matter to me like device-sync, backup, basic sharing etc. I'm sure I could set something up using EC2/S3 but I don't want the hassle of maintenance (or to reinvent the wheel). Edit: I'm kind of asking for an app-store-for-the-cloud but with a place that I own into which I 'install' the apps.
  - namidark 14y ago
    You could check out http://owncloud.org/ http://owncloud.org/
  - runn1ng 14y ago
    I am using cheap VPS for that, with debian (so it even has "apps" in aptitude :)) I cannot recommend it highly enough... it's great for doing quick perl experiments and even coding from phone/tablet through power of vi and screen, it's great for hosting personal projects that almost noone will visit what I miss the most on my cheap vps is the ability to run java virtual machine, since it has smallish memory and is on openvz (so no swapping)
mayneack 14y ago
This guy has a working widget to weather underground with today's weather. http://photographic-exploration.com/ http://photographic-exploration.com/
GigabyteCoin 14y ago
They even still index some reported attack pages...
broabprobe 14y ago
A lot of sites were cloned to geocities.ws as well. My "apple dance" site (banjo kazoo soundtrack and all) was zombified at http://geocities.ws/appledance2001/ http://geocities.ws/appledance2001/ It's embarrassing but historical.
- laconian 14y ago
  Troop 321 - done for a merit badge?
  - broabprobe 14y ago
    not sure what you're referring to.
    - laconian 14y ago
      I viewed the source of your page.
      - chris_wot 14y ago
        It reads: Original: Dan Kirkpatrick (webmaster@troop321.org)
        broabprobe 14y ago
        oh I must have grabbed some code from somewhere.
Yuioup 14y ago
Steve Zito is my new hero.
aswanson 14y ago
Wow...on a related note it looks like cybertown.com is still alive as well. Ah, the late 90s...
aswanson 14y ago
Wow...on a related note it looks like cybertown.com is still alive as well. Ah, the late 90s...
mayneack 14y ago
Filtered for the past year: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Ageocities.com#q=site:geocities.com&hl=en&safe=off&tbo=1&output=search&source=lnt&tbs=qdr:y&sa=X&ei=5uLhT_24NIXg0gH2oqXQAw&ved=0CAgQpwUoBQ&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=472de1850f724220&biw=1280&bih=623 https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Ageocities.c...
- stinkytaco 14y ago
  These are mostly redirects to new domains from Geocities. I didn't realize that Google did that, which is interesting. It's also interesting the number of people who migrated off Geocities, but still kept their old geocities pages to redirect to their new ones. Can't make people update those bookmarks...
Shenglong 14y ago
What happened to my EnchantedForest/Tower/5436!? I remember that first i-frame site I built when I was 10...
fpp 14y ago
1490 updates during the last 12 months - 131 past month - 21 past week
saraid216 14y ago
My high school yearbook senior quote has a link to my geocities.com page. I thought I was brilliant for thinking of it. :(
vibrunazo 14y ago
Just found this clone called oocities.org. I had no idea my old mugen website was saved here. Unfortunately most of it isn't working. But it's certainly a nice nostalgic feeling to revisit my old website :) Anyone interested Mugen characters and stages? Java applets simulating starcraft units using a physics engine? Winamp AVS plugin samples that will show a smiley face singing along your music or a guy running in the rain using math to generate the lines? Then you're welcome to my 2001 website ^^ http://www.oocities.org/vibhp/us.html http://www.oocities.org/vibhp/us.html
joshu 14y ago
So wait, did they shut it down or not?
drzaiusapelord 14y ago
ASCII art page last updated March 2001. This was someone's labor of love and creative outlet for a long time. http://www.geocities.com/spunk1111/kids.htm http://www.geocities.com/spunk1111/kids.htm
- cmelbye 14y ago
  God, I remember seeing that site years ago. Blast from the past.
derleth 14y ago
Somewhere, Jason Scott is laughing. Probably in the middle of petabytes of storage at the Archive.org World Headquarters. http://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=GeoCities http://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=GeoCities http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/2298 http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/2298
seanconaty 14y ago
This is a great resource on the relative short history of HTML. Quirksmode, font tags, table-based layouts, etc.

126 points by alter8 14y ago

fein 14y ago

It's like looking through time! On another note, Bandung, Indonesia seems like a nice vacation spot. This guys woodcarvings are absolutely incredible. Fully detail MRAP? A wooden F-2002? I'll take one! http://www.geocities.com/wcaindonesia/ http://www.geocities.com/wcaindonesia/

nopassrecover 14y ago
They are indeed incredible. I can imagine a market selling these as decoys to third-world militaries.
- Dove 14y ago
  Military decoys have to be better than that. Check out what they actually use: http://ravenaerostar.com/products/inflatables/military-decoys http://ravenaerostar.com/products/inflatables/military-decoy...

wgx 14y ago

Wow. Clicked a few and got; a guy selling wooden carvings of ships, a lodge resort in Oklahoma, and "Cafe Cokin is an Unofficial Cokin Filter System web site". They don't make the internet like that anymore.

KenCochrane 14y ago
Poor guy is looking at his google analytics this morning and hoping he is going to sell a bunch of wooden ships from all this new traffic to his website, only to be disappointed.
- creativityhurts 14y ago
  It would be nice to send him emails asking about those wooden carvings of ships to restore his faith in the Internet.
- aasarava 14y ago
  Google Analytics? Don't you mean the spinning odometer at the bottom of the page? ;)
- deleted 14y ago
  [deleted]
pnathan 14y ago
Hmmm. I wonder what the ROI would be on giving away 100 MB FTP/www space in exchange for ads...

sp332 14y ago

Wow, real Geocities.com domain? I wonder if someone missed a server when decommissioning the cluster? I thought this was going to refer to the fact that you can replace geocities.com with reocities.com and get most sites. http://www.reocities.com/newhome/makingof.html http://www.reocities.com/newhome/makingof.html

alter8 14y ago
> I wonder if someone missed a server when decommissioning the cluster? I submitted because I wanted to hear a possible explanation. I see that some sites have some nested content, but nothing found when you go to their root. Is it because they are just missing index.html? EDIT: thanks for correcting me, sp332. http://www.geocities.com/epark/linux/grub-w2k-HOWTO.html http://www.geocities.com/epark/linux/grub-w2k-HOWTO.html http://www.geocities.com/soho/7373/ http://www.geocities.com/soho/7373/
- sp332 14y ago
  This one works, it even has a tracking pixel :) http://www.geocities.com/epark/ http://www.geocities.com/epark/
- deleted 14y ago
  [deleted]

DeanCollinsNYC 14y ago

hey these things never go away as long as someone is prepared to pay the power bill eg a friend of mine wrote some rap songs years ago, all still there - http://jackverbals.tripod.com/ http://jackverbals.tripod.com/

jgroome 14y ago

I ran a search for "site:geocities.com/Area51" to see if the old free hosting webpages are still alive. Found this gem:http://www.geocities.com/area51/3253/ http://www.geocities.com/area51/3253/ It's very easy to look down our collective noses at Geocities, but I really feel I owe virtually everything I have to their free 2mb hosting. I learned the ins and outs of FTP from uploading my first webpages - webpages that taught me how HTML works. I did my best to hide their sponsor banners with my first JavaScript. Everyone has access to their own Facebook profile and the like these days, so the idea of owning your own space on the Web is kind of archaic. But is there still an equivalent of Geocities for modern Internet users?

olalonde 14y ago
I believe you can get free hosting on Amazon, Google AppEngine, Heroku, etc. I'd say the learning curve is much steeper now however.
KenCochrane 14y ago
What is great about that site is that the site footer and all the annoying icons/ads/membership rings is longer then the body of the site.
amirmc 14y ago
I'd very much like to own my own space on the web. Particulary to run core things that really matter to me like device-sync, backup, basic sharing etc. I'm sure I could set something up using EC2/S3 but I don't want the hassle of maintenance (or to reinvent the wheel). Edit: I'm kind of asking for an app-store-for-the-cloud but with a place that I own into which I 'install' the apps.
- namidark 14y ago
  You could check out http://owncloud.org/ http://owncloud.org/
- runn1ng 14y ago
  I am using cheap VPS for that, with debian (so it even has "apps" in aptitude :)) I cannot recommend it highly enough... it's great for doing quick perl experiments and even coding from phone/tablet through power of vi and screen, it's great for hosting personal projects that almost noone will visit what I miss the most on my cheap vps is the ability to run java virtual machine, since it has smallish memory and is on openvz (so no swapping)

mayneack 14y ago

This guy has a working widget to weather underground with today's weather. http://photographic-exploration.com/ http://photographic-exploration.com/

GigabyteCoin 14y ago

They even still index some reported attack pages...

broabprobe 14y ago

A lot of sites were cloned to geocities.ws as well. My "apple dance" site (banjo kazoo soundtrack and all) was zombified at http://geocities.ws/appledance2001/ http://geocities.ws/appledance2001/ It's embarrassing but historical.

laconian 14y ago
Troop 321 - done for a merit badge?
- broabprobe 14y ago
  not sure what you're referring to.
  - laconian 14y ago
    I viewed the source of your page.
    - chris_wot 14y ago
      It reads: Original: Dan Kirkpatrick (webmaster@troop321.org)
      - broabprobe 14y ago
        oh I must have grabbed some code from somewhere.

Yuioup 14y ago

Steve Zito is my new hero.

aswanson 14y ago

Wow...on a related note it looks like cybertown.com is still alive as well. Ah, the late 90s...

aswanson 14y ago

Wow...on a related note it looks like cybertown.com is still alive as well. Ah, the late 90s...

mayneack 14y ago

Filtered for the past year: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Ageocities.com#q=site:geocities.com&hl=en&safe=off&tbo=1&output=search&source=lnt&tbs=qdr:y&sa=X&ei=5uLhT_24NIXg0gH2oqXQAw&ved=0CAgQpwUoBQ&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=472de1850f724220&biw=1280&bih=623 https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Ageocities.c...

stinkytaco 14y ago
These are mostly redirects to new domains from Geocities. I didn't realize that Google did that, which is interesting. It's also interesting the number of people who migrated off Geocities, but still kept their old geocities pages to redirect to their new ones. Can't make people update those bookmarks...

Shenglong 14y ago

What happened to my EnchantedForest/Tower/5436!? I remember that first i-frame site I built when I was 10...

fpp 14y ago

1490 updates during the last 12 months - 131 past month - 21 past week

saraid216 14y ago

My high school yearbook senior quote has a link to my geocities.com page. I thought I was brilliant for thinking of it. :(

vibrunazo 14y ago

Just found this clone called oocities.org. I had no idea my old mugen website was saved here. Unfortunately most of it isn't working. But it's certainly a nice nostalgic feeling to revisit my old website :) Anyone interested Mugen characters and stages? Java applets simulating starcraft units using a physics engine? Winamp AVS plugin samples that will show a smiley face singing along your music or a guy running in the rain using math to generate the lines? Then you're welcome to my 2001 website ^^ http://www.oocities.org/vibhp/us.html http://www.oocities.org/vibhp/us.html

joshu 14y ago

So wait, did they shut it down or not?

drzaiusapelord 14y ago

ASCII art page last updated March 2001. This was someone's labor of love and creative outlet for a long time. http://www.geocities.com/spunk1111/kids.htm http://www.geocities.com/spunk1111/kids.htm

cmelbye 14y ago
God, I remember seeing that site years ago. Blast from the past.

derleth 14y ago

Somewhere, Jason Scott is laughing. Probably in the middle of petabytes of storage at the Archive.org World Headquarters. http://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=GeoCities http://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=GeoCities http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/2298 http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/2298

seanconaty 14y ago

This is a great resource on the relative short history of HTML. Quirksmode, font tags, table-based layouts, etc.