Comments on: Geocities Going Away, And My Thoughts On It http://www.pcmech.com/article/geocities-going-away-and-my-thoughts-on-it/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:37:34 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Captain Zorikh http://www.pcmech.com/article/geocities-going-away-and-my-thoughts-on-it/comment-page-1/#comment-27004 Captain Zorikh Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:49:19 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/geocities-going-away-and-my-thoughts-on-it/#comment-27004 I loved Geocities. It allowed me to create a whole website from scratch without having to pay for domain, bandwidth, etc. I always wanted to make real websites, and this allowed me to do so. True , the bandwidth per website was small, but I simply started a new Geocities account, for a new topic, and there it was. No I am going to have to save all that content, over 10 years worth, cululative, and move it to my main website if I want to keep it. and I do. Some of it actually got me business, and made me money, and people even today refer to it for information. I loved Geocities. It allowed me to create a whole website from scratch without having to pay for domain, bandwidth, etc. I always wanted to make real websites, and this allowed me to do so. True , the bandwidth per website was small, but I simply started a new Geocities account, for a new topic, and there it was.

No I am going to have to save all that content, over 10 years worth, cululative, and move it to my main website if I want to keep it. and I do. Some of it actually got me business, and made me money, and people even today refer to it for information.

]]> By: Jason Scott Deperately Saving Your Neighborhood | The Minority Report http://www.pcmech.com/article/geocities-going-away-and-my-thoughts-on-it/comment-page-1/#comment-23762 Jason Scott Deperately Saving Your Neighborhood | The Minority Report Fri, 01 May 2009 19:37:52 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/geocities-going-away-and-my-thoughts-on-it/#comment-23762 [...] Geocities Going Away, And My Thoughts On It | PCMechHow to save Geocities web pages (or any web page for that matter). You may have your own Geocities page(s) you want to archive for yourself. Or maybe archive some others. There are three easy…http://www.pcmech.com [...] [...] Geocities Going Away, And My Thoughts On It | PCMechHow to save Geocities web pages (or any web page for that matter). You may have your own Geocities page(s) you want to archive for yourself. Or maybe archive some others. There are three easy…http://www.pcmech.com [...]

]]> By: Rich Menga http://www.pcmech.com/article/geocities-going-away-and-my-thoughts-on-it/comment-page-1/#comment-23621 Rich Menga Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:10:02 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/geocities-going-away-and-my-thoughts-on-it/#comment-23621 http://www.archiveteam.org Jason Scott is the man, period. :) http://www.archiveteam.org

Jason Scott is the man, period. :)

]]> By: Tresjolie9 http://www.pcmech.com/article/geocities-going-away-and-my-thoughts-on-it/comment-page-1/#comment-23612 Tresjolie9 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 05:45:49 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/geocities-going-away-and-my-thoughts-on-it/#comment-23612 <<>> Hmm, someone should start some type of a "save geocities," petition, just for archiving purposes. Is there any way to get the wayback machine extra involved? Perhaps start some type of "save geocities," library for old web enthusiasts? Is it possible for someone to buy everything on the servers for strictly archiving purposes? It is important to have an archive of what was on the web at a particular time and what webpages looked like. 20, 30, 40 years from now the contents of archives can be priceless from a historical standpoint. <<>>

Hmm, someone should start some type of a “save geocities,” petition, just for archiving purposes. Is there any way to get the wayback machine extra involved? Perhaps start some type of “save geocities,” library for old web enthusiasts? Is it possible for someone to buy everything on the servers for strictly archiving purposes?

It is important to have an archive of what was on the web at a particular time and what webpages looked like. 20, 30, 40 years from now the contents of archives can be priceless from a historical standpoint.

]]> By: David M http://www.pcmech.com/article/geocities-going-away-and-my-thoughts-on-it/comment-page-1/#comment-23608 David M Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:05:11 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/geocities-going-away-and-my-thoughts-on-it/#comment-23608 Archiving costs somebody money. So is the old content something people are going to be willing to pay for? I kinda doubt it with the "everything should be free" mentality that most people have with respect to the internet. The content will go away unfortunately, unless someone finds a brilliant way of eliminating the libraries operating costs. I don't see that happening. Archiving costs somebody money. So is the old content something people are going to be willing to pay for? I kinda doubt it with the “everything should be free” mentality that most people have with respect to the internet.

The content will go away unfortunately, unless someone finds a brilliant way of eliminating the libraries operating costs. I don’t see that happening.

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