GeoCities: A Blast From The Past!

GeoCities, later Yahoo! GeoCities, was a web hosting service that allowed users to create and publish websites for free, active from 1994 to 2009. Started in November 1994 by David Bohnett and John Rezner.

Quick Facts
Type of Site:	Web Hosting Service
Owner:	GeoCities (1994–1999), Yahoo! (1999–2009)
Launched:	November 1994
Status:	Inactive since 2009

History

GeoCities began during mid-1995 as BHI, which stood for Beverly Hills Internet. The company created its own Web directory, organized thematically as six so-called "neighborhoods". During the registration process, new members chose to which neighborhood they wanted to belong.

In April 2009, the company announced that it would end the United States GeoCities service on October 26, 2009. There were at least 38 million pages displayed by GeoCities before it was terminated, most user-written.