GeoCities
Early personal websites
GeoCities was a free web hosting service that let users create personal websites organized into themed "neighborhoods"—SiliconValley for tech, Hollywood for entertainment, Paris for romance.
At its peak in the late 1990s, it was one of the most visited sites on the Internet.
Yahoo acquired it in 1999 and shut it down in 2009.
GeoCities became synonymous with the early amateur web: garish backgrounds, animated GIFs, under-construction signs, and guestbooks.
Her website looked like a GeoCities page from 1998.
Nineties web services pioneer
- dial-upPhone-line internet connection
- Netscape NavigatorEarly commercial web browser
- Internet ExplorerMicrosoft's legacy web browser
- AOLEarly internet provider
modem · ICQ · AltaVista · guestbook · hit counter · web portal · personal homepage · cyberspace
Informal rounded Microsoft typeface
- marqueeTheater entrance canopy
- starfieldExpanse of visible stars
- flamesVisible burning combustion
- dancing babyAnimated 3D infant gyrating
Digital archive of websites
- screenshotCaptured display image
- defunctNo longer existing
- shutdownCessation of operations
- deletedPermanently removed
recovered · mirror · backup · digital artifact · nostalgia
Web page code
- framesRigid enclosing structures
- tablesFlat-topped furniture pieces
- WYSIWYGDisplay matches printout
- homepageSite's main entry
guestbook · hit counter · webmaster · FTP · hyperlink · navigation bar · banner · page layout
Yahoo
Nineties web services pioneer
- dial-upPhone-line internet connection
- Netscape NavigatorEarly commercial web browser
- Internet ExplorerMicrosoft's legacy web browser
AOL · modem · ICQ · AltaVista · guestbook · hit counter · web portal · personal homepage · cyberspace · 56k
Comic Sans
Informal rounded Microsoft typeface
Wayback Machine
Digital archive of websites
- screenshotCaptured display image
- defunctNo longer existing
- shutdownCessation of operations
deleted · recovered · mirror · backup · digital artifact · nostalgia
HTML
Web page code
homepage · guestbook · hit counter · webmaster · FTP · hyperlink · navigation bar · banner · page layout · template
- obsolete techfloppy disk, VHS, dial-up modem, cassette tape, floppy disks
- websitesGoogle, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Amazon
- defunct techAIM, Google+, Myspace, Napster, Vine
- Dot-com Eradot-com crash, bubble burst, irrational exuberance, IPOs, stock speculation
GeoCitiesAmazon Web Services
Cloud computing platform
AWS · Squarespace · Shopify · dedicated servers · dedicated server
GeoCitiesminimalist design
Aesthetic of essential elements only
Swiss design · flat design · responsive design · clean aesthetic · whitespace
geo, city, cities, geography, geographic, geographical, geology, geological, geometry