Computer News: Update

Update

Posted: 24 Apr 2009 01:05 PM PDT

Are you familiar with Yahoo's Geocities? I had once tried out their site when I was still out from college and still learning HTML basics in one of the computer schools around the city. Yahoo's Geocities was one of the first websites that I've tried out. I tried making some personal web pages that are hand-coded in HTML and uploaded these on the site. During that time, free web servers have one catch: they always run advertisements on the site.

The reason I discontinued using Geocities is that they had that awful pop-up when I load my page. I remember seeing a Geocities sidebar which consumed space on my 800×600 computer screen. I found better web hosts without any pop-ups and had minimal advertisements.

Over time, it is now common to see a number of web hosts offered free without any advertisements. Most web hosts offer more than the FTP functionality: there are now scripts that can be run to host a blog, an e-commerce website, or even a simple website built with a site builder.

5p28o2 Yahoo Geocities Now a Thing of the Past

I never looked back at Yahoo Geocities after learning all the other webservices. Now, I learned that Yahoo is now slowly making the move to bury this city into its resting place. If you are still a Yahoo Geocities user, then read this help center posting. The primary reason why Yahoo is giving up on this service is because social network sites like Facebook and MySpace are favored by users.

Have you ever used Yahoo Geocities?