GeoCities
Est. 1994·2009
“Free homepages organised by "neighborhood". Animated GIFs, MIDI files, hit counters. The aesthetic foundation of the early web.”
Lived 15 years · By Yahoo
Lived
15y
1994 → 2009
Shutdown
October 26, 2009
Owner
Yahoo
Category
Web tech
Domain status now
Archive only
The original is gone, but a public archive snapshot is available.
geocities.yahoo.com
Evidence & sources
Official shutdown source
Original domain
https://geocities.yahoo.com
Archive snapshot
What replaced it
Neocities
neocities.org
Spiritual successor — free, hand-crafted homepages on purpose.
Timeline
April 23, 2009
Yahoo announces shutdown
October 26, 2009
US GeoCities shuts down; archive teams scramble to preserve
March 31, 2019
GeoCities Japan finally shuts down
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