Oocities.org was a popular web hosting service that allowed users to create and publish their own websites for free. Launched in 2009, it aimed to preserve the content and spirit of the now-defunct GeoCities platform. Oocities.org provided a platform for individuals to showcase their creativity and share valuable information on a wide range of topics. Sadly, the website shut down in 2014 due to financial constraints, but its legacy lives on as an important piece of internet history, representing a time when user-generated content and personal websites were at their peak.

Yahoo! officially shut down GeoCities on October 26, 2009. GeoCities was acquired by Yahoo for $2.9B on Jan 28, 1999. This deal was done in Cash.crunchbase.comGeoCities offered a free website and all the tools required to build a hosted, dynamic personal site, and it was one of the most popular websites on the Internet.

Those relics of the Web finally have the resting place they deserve: Cameron’s World.dailydot.comWhen web hosting service GeoCities was shuttered in 2009, it marked the death of over 38 million websites ranging from personal to downright weird.

The company was known for its liberal use of animated GIFs and scrolling text, which were often used to add a sense of excitement or personality to a website.ocities.orgGeocities provided users with an easy-to-use WYSIWYG web editor and a variety of templates and graphics that could be used to create a website.