Yahoo has finally closed the door on its long-running GeoCities site-hosting service. Launched in 1995, GeoCities offered suffers a space to set up their own, personalized hompage for a small fee. Having initially backed GeoCities with considerable investment. Yahoo decided to buy the service in 1999 for $3.57bn.
However, Yahoo announced in April that it would close Geocities because it has alternative service such as Yahoo Groups that offer similar functions. “We have decide to focus on helping our customers explore and building relationships online in other ways. We’re excited about the other services we have designed to help you connect with friends and family and share your activities and interests,” a Yahoo spokesman said.
Rival services have claimed that they are seeing increased traffic thanks to GeoCities’ closure.
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