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Posted by Jamaharon on :

Okay. I'm trying to access my website (the one in my signature). I kept getting a DNS error. So, I went to the BourbonStreet>Canal homestead. Canal is down. BourbonStreet isn't.

How does Geocities plan to maintain such a large community if it can't even keep its directories running?

It really ticks me off. And great, the've merged with Yahoo. That means more advertisments!

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Posted by Sunspot (Member # 77) on :

I don't get why GeoCities sees the need to have the GeoBrand, the Spam-Window, and the GeoGuide on every page...They are one of, if not THE, most popular website hosts.

THat's why I like XOOM.

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Posted by Coddman (Member # 10) on :

BAH! BAH! GeoCities whiners.....*LOL*

Sure, Geocities may have the Watermark (It's not a "GeoBrand"! Yegads.), a popup window, and a GeoGuide on every page.......but what do you expect??

Geocities maintains one of the largest collections of homepages on the internet. These homepages are offered free to anyone who wants them. Now, take a moment and think about that. Do you realize how many gigabytes of information are on the Geocities servers? Or how many computers are required to host all this stuff? Or what about the Geocities staff. They need to get Paid. You may be wondering where Geocities gets it's money from? Well, I'll tell you:

90% (Free homepages) - SPAM WINDOWS
10% (GeoPlus homepages) - USERS THEMSELVES

If more people like me would just effing PAY the $4.99/month for 25MB of SPAM-FREE, WATERMARK FREE, AND GEOGUIDE FREE webspace, a custom URL like mine (http://www.geocities.com/~codd/), and a whole bunch of other stuff......there would be less need for SPAM. Tink aboot it.

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[This message was edited by Coddman on June 18, 1999.]

Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

Only $4.99 a month? I pay �10 at demon for my homepage, e-mail and other member services. But I need more server room, and I hear Geocites aren't particulary keen on you using their server space but keepin gyour homepage somewhere else. Still, �4.99 a month, that's only about �3. It might be worth it. I need more rrom for more comic scans.

www.liamnet.demon.co.uk

I like my homepage addy too.

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Posted by Deep6 on :

Or you could just go on over to Network Solutions and pay $119 for your very own domain name...

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Posted by Deep6 on :

Xoom has unlimited web space for free??!!! Whats the catch?....SPAM from hell right?

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Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

Fortune city is not bad... 20 megs free, and all you get is one banner on each page...no stupid popup windows or crap...
its much easier, less hassle...and more space!

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Posted by Cargile (Member # 45) on :

Guys, just get three of four e-mail address and get all the free space you want.

Shagadelic loopholes baby! Use them!

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Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :

In the immortal words of someone, ya get what ya pay for.

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Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :

Deep6: Yup, spam and a little banner bar thingie they put on all your pages using frames.

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Posted by Deep6 on :

Nuts to that.

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