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Title: Semi OT: Geocities is closing
Post by: Pansity on April 28, 2009, 12:24:18 AM

I just got this news from a multifandom list.  I don't know offhand what DS sites and or DS Fanfiction sites may or may not use geocities.  However given the sites we nearly lost lately when AOL closed their webhosting, I  thought people would want to know about this.  Whoever uses them for webhosting might want to start looking around for a new home now, as they've given no definite date for the closure.  That would also give the readers amongst us time to save any favorite works from websites which are endangered.

Here's a link to a news article:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8016211.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8016211.stm)

A poster on the same fanfiction oriented multifandom list indicated that a group called The Organization for Transformative Work, is offering help and assistance to people looking for new homes for their fanfiction/fanfiction archives.  Here's a link with more information:  http://transformativeworks.org/news/geocities-closing (http://transformativeworks.org/news/geocities-closing)

Jeannie

Title: Re: Semi OT: Geocities is closing
Post by: Sara Monster on April 28, 2009, 02:31:46 AM

That really stinks..  [ghost_sad]  So many lost sites & work..such the fate of free webhosting services.

Thanks for the info, btw!

Title: Re: Semi OT: Geocities is closing
Post by: MagnusTrask on April 28, 2009, 10:10:50 AM

Right now I have to find a place for my board or else turn restart it as a blog.   Goliath Boards just disappeared.   Maybe the economy has to settle before we'll know where to put a board.

Title: Re: Semi OT: Geocities is closing
Post by: quentin-channing on April 28, 2009, 03:52:18 PM

Wow, my friends and I had our first website on Geocities over 10 years ago.  Its hard to believe they will be gone, but it seems every Geocities site I find when I do a search for something has either been abandoned or the owner took everything down. Alot of "personal" sites shifted to Myspace or Facebook pages I think.

Magnus, Blogspot seems to be very popular. They are owned by Google I believe.

Title: Re: Semi OT: Geocities is closing
Post by: MagnusTrask on April 28, 2009, 04:00:04 PM

Yes, I'll go with Blogger if I don't do another message board; I do have two blogs on Blogger (blogspot) of drawings already.   I don't know which format is better for making my medical condition/situation understood.    No one posted on the board but me, so maybe I can conclude that that was a failure.