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Rob · 09-07-2015, 07:36 AM

I used Geocities quite a bit when I first started web development (almost every developer I know did). Just happened to click an old link and got this. Well played, Geocities, well played indeed.

https://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/geocities

Barry-xlovecam · 09-07-2015, 07:40 AM

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rogueteens · 09-07-2015, 08:19 AM

LOL, good one

Rochard · 09-07-2015, 09:17 AM

I had tons of sites on Geocities.....

Rob · 09-07-2015, 09:27 AM

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I had tons of sites on Geocities.....

The first site I ever designed was on Geocities. Back then we would just stuff the shit out of the pages with keywords and show up on top of search engines. Oh how times have changed.

And I remember having this on all my pages. Getting all nostalgic now.

Rob · 09-07-2015, 09:29 AM

I earned my very first affiliate commissions from a Diablo hack site I put on Geocities back in 1997. I thought I was going to be rich.

Barry-xlovecam · 09-07-2015, 09:30 AM

I sort of miss my Netscape :P

Babaganoosh · 09-07-2015, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Rob

I earned my very first affiliate commissions from a Diablo hack site I put on Geocities back in 1997. I thought I was going to be rich.

Haha mousepad was the shit.

The Porn Nerd · 09-07-2015, 10:10 AM

mAN gEOCITIES!!
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michael.kickass · 09-07-2015, 10:21 AM

DBS.US · 09-07-2015, 10:22 AM

NETSEX · 09-07-2015, 10:23 AM

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perfect

L-Pink · 09-07-2015, 10:29 AM

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blackmonsters · 09-07-2015, 11:15 AM

Yahoo had a ready made facebook and threw it away.

CaptainHowdy · 09-07-2015, 11:17 AM

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Rob · 09-07-2015, 11:19 AM

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Nailed it.

bns666 · 09-07-2015, 02:31 PM

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MFCT · 09-07-2015, 02:39 PM

GeoCities, wow that was a long time ago. I remember how it played a big part in the history of MP3. Pull up a chair, motherfuckers...

Back when MP3 just became a "thing", it was super cool but there was basically no centralized place to get them. Google may have existed at the time in its infancy. But it was not the powerhouse that it would soon become. The main search engines were AltaVista, NorthernLight, and maybe a few others. They all had their limitations, and there was no such thing as a search engine having the reach that Google would have.

So back then you could search for MP3s with no problem. But if you wanted search results anywhere close to the level that Google would become, you had to use a metasearch engine. And even then, finding actual usable MP3s that were ripped and encoded by someone who knew what they were doing, was very few and far between.

Eventually, along comes a site called The Outer Limits. I forget the exact domain. But this site hosted MP3s and was pretty much the only place on the internet they could readily be gotten. Bookmark that site, and anyone was set for a free-for-all.

This site soon became pretty much the biggest site on the internet, and the guy running the site was kicked off of host after host. And this was only because the site's bandwidth would sooner or later cripple any host the guy put his site on.

It had nothing to do with record companies. There was no DMCA. As far as the RIAA and record companies were concerned, they had basically no understanding of computers whatsoever. Much less, any understanding of the internet or what MP3 even was.

So either that guy, or him in collaboration with fans of his original site, got the idea to make dozens of GeoCities sites and host all the MP3s that way. And it worked well for a while, until GeoCities itself began to get crippled by the bandwidth and hotlinking.

I think GeoCities may have shut down many of the pages. But they knew it wasn't a solution, as anyone could make hundreds more GeoCities pages in a short amount of time. So GeoCities came up with bandwidth limitations, storage limitations, file type limitations (even if the extension was changed), and made it impossible to hotlink files hosted on their servers.

So the guy eventually put a final announcement on his main GeoCities site, saying he can no longer host MP3s. But gave out his secret of where he got all the ones he'd been hosting. Users were instructed to go to a mysterious new site called Napster.

And the rest is history.

The Porn Nerd · 09-07-2015, 02:50 PM

Know what? I actually liked the web better back then! Nowadays everything POPS and ZINGS in your face, HD this and 4K that and responsive designs and 3D graphics.....yuck.

Then again, I prefer Atari games over Xbox so what do I know? LOL

tammix · 09-07-2015, 04:17 PM

I had my first sites hosted in Tripod until they kicked all sex related stuff, then I moved to pornhost

Rob · 09-08-2015, 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by MFCT

GeoCities, wow that was a long time ago. I remember how it played a big part in the history of MP3. Pull up a chair, motherfuckers...

Back when MP3 just became a "thing", it was super cool but there was basically no centralized place to get them. Google may have existed at the time in its infancy. But it was not the powerhouse that it would soon become. The main search engines were AltaVista, NorthernLight, and maybe a few others. They all had their limitations, and there was no such thing as a search engine having the reach that Google would have.

So back then you could search for MP3s with no problem. But if you wanted search results anywhere close to the level that Google would become, you had to use a metasearch engine. And even then, finding actual usable MP3s that were ripped and encoded by someone who knew what they were doing, was very few and far between.

Eventually, along comes a site called The Outer Limits. I forget the exact domain. But this site hosted MP3s and was pretty much the only place on the internet they could readily be gotten. Bookmark that site, and anyone was set for a free-for-all.

This site soon became pretty much the biggest site on the internet, and the guy running the site was kicked off of host after host. And this was only because the site's bandwidth would sooner or later cripple any host the guy put his site on.

It had nothing to do with record companies. There was no DMCA. As far as the RIAA and record companies were concerned, they had basically no understanding of computers whatsoever. Much less, any understanding of the internet or what MP3 even was.

So either that guy, or him in collaboration with fans of his original site, got the idea to make dozens of GeoCities sites and host all the MP3s that way. And it worked well for a while, until GeoCities itself began to get crippled by the bandwidth and hotlinking.

I think GeoCities may have shut down many of the pages. But they knew it wasn't a solution, as anyone could make hundreds more GeoCities pages in a short amount of time. So GeoCities came up with bandwidth limitations, storage limitations, file type limitations (even if the extension was changed), and made it impossible to hotlink files hosted on their servers.

So the guy eventually put a final announcement on his main GeoCities site, saying he can no longer host MP3s. But gave out his secret of where he got all the ones he'd been hosting. Users were instructed to go to a mysterious new site called Napster.

And the rest is history.

Great story. I remember all of those MP3 sites and Warez sites. Talk about a trip down memory lane.

CAHEK · 09-08-2015, 06:44 AM

GeoCities was purchased by Yahoo! for $3.57 billion

anexsia · 09-08-2015, 06:56 AM

I remember learning HTML back then and being so damn happy when I put a rotating skull .gif on my Angelfire homepage

Due · 09-08-2015, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Rob

I earned my very first affiliate commissions from a Diablo hack site I put on Geocities back in 1997. I thought I was going to be rich.

Me too !!

PornSEO · 09-08-2015, 08:09 AM

I started my first site there... Sad that it was shut down.

_Richard_ · 09-08-2015, 08:17 AM

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09-07-2015, 07:36 AM	#1
Rob I'm a great bowler. Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Right Outside of Normal. Posts: 13,310	Geocities gets the last laugh. I used Geocities quite a bit when I first started web development (almost every developer I know did). Just happened to click an old link and got this. Well played, Geocities, well played indeed. https://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/geocities

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MFCT Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 1,489	GeoCities, wow that was a long time ago. I remember how it played a big part in the history of MP3. Pull up a chair, motherfuckers... Back when MP3 just became a "thing", it was super cool but there was basically no centralized place to get them. Google may have existed at the time in its infancy. But it was not the powerhouse that it would soon become. The main search engines were AltaVista, NorthernLight, and maybe a few others. They all had their limitations, and there was no such thing as a search engine having the reach that Google would have. So back then you could search for MP3s with no problem. But if you wanted search results anywhere close to the level that Google would become, you had to use a metasearch engine. And even then, finding actual usable MP3s that were ripped and encoded by someone who knew what they were doing, was very few and far between. Eventually, along comes a site called The Outer Limits. I forget the exact domain. But this site hosted MP3s and was pretty much the only place on the internet they could readily be gotten. Bookmark that site, and anyone was set for a free-for-all. This site soon became pretty much the biggest site on the internet, and the guy running the site was kicked off of host after host. And this was only because the site's bandwidth would sooner or later cripple any host the guy put his site on. It had nothing to do with record companies. There was no DMCA. As far as the RIAA and record companies were concerned, they had basically no understanding of computers whatsoever. Much less, any understanding of the internet or what MP3 even was. So either that guy, or him in collaboration with fans of his original site, got the idea to make dozens of GeoCities sites and host all the MP3s that way. And it worked well for a while, until GeoCities itself began to get crippled by the bandwidth and hotlinking. I think GeoCities may have shut down many of the pages. But they knew it wasn't a solution, as anyone could make hundreds more GeoCities pages in a short amount of time. So GeoCities came up with bandwidth limitations, storage limitations, file type limitations (even if the extension was changed), and made it impossible to hotlink files hosted on their servers. So the guy eventually put a final announcement on his main GeoCities site, saying he can no longer host MP3s. But gave out his secret of where he got all the ones he'd been hosting. Users were instructed to go to a mysterious new site called Napster. And the rest is history. __________________ Keeping you abreast of the teens that get undressed. Girls By Location - Couples By Location - Guys By Location - Trans By Location

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