On May 17, 7:04 am, Kay Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, 16 May 2009 10:10:14 +0200, Steve Hayes > <[email protected]> sharpened a new quill and scratched: > > > > > > >On Sat, 16 May 2009 09:28:07 +0200, Hugh Watkins <[email protected]> > >wrote: > > >>Rupert Goodwins, the editor of ZDNet, perceived the closure of GeoCities > >>as an end of an era; he described GeoCities as "the first proof that you > >>could have something really popular and still not make any money on the > >>internet."[17] Vijay Mukhi, an Indian internet and cyber security expert > >>quoted in the Business Standard, criticized Yahoo's handling of > >>GeoCities; Mukhi described GeoCities as "a lost opportunity for Yahoo! > >>They could have made it a Facebook if they wanted." Rich Skrenta, the > >>CEO of Blekko, offered to buy GeoCities from Yahoo![19] << > > >Undoubtedly the problem is caused by mismanagement by Yahoo! > > >The problem is that having bought it, they neglected it and killed what made > >it popular, instead of developing and improving it. If they had developed and > >improved it, they could have made money from it. > > >Even if some people do move their sites to another host (I certainly wouldn't > >trust Yahoo! again), there will still be a problem of millions of broken links > >all over the Internet. > > >How many people will let the people who have linked to them know where their > >site has moved to? How many even know who has linked to them? > > IMHO their failure was the too strict limitations. Now doubt many > users ignored the T&C others, like myself, don't break the rules and > therefore find it restrictive. > > Kay > > -- > It needs civilization, it needs second thoughts, > to realise that Napoleon and Ceasar and Alexander > are not really the highest types of humanity, > that war making is not a glory but a crime- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - It is a kick in the teeth for us genealogists for Geocities to go out of business. It looks like a sign of the time for the States, for a company that's been around for so long to be "closing their doors." I live in a very rural part of North Carolina where the majority of jobs are either farming or textile factories. Most of the factories have moved to other countries, and the farmers are struggling terribly. It's very sad. I used to help my dad's cousin on his farm, and enjoyed it tremendously. But then again, I'm an ol' softy when it comes to animals! Any who, I had Googled free web hosting, and came up w/ the following results. Note, I'm posting the link just in case you all are interested in checking them out. http://www.google.com/search?q=free+web+hosting&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7ADBR