Final notice: GeoCities is closing

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There is no doubt, the Web is changing!
After "MSN Groups" now "Yahoo GeoCities" - amongst others!

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Yahoo already closed down their photo pages a while back, on the pretext they had bought "Flickr".
Whereas "MSN" at least did offer an alternative service - "Multiply" - free of charge (you can see my efforts here: http://iwmpop.multiply.com/links- where you can see photos, download legally my favourite music tracks and more) - "Yahoo" aren't so generous!
The fact is that there are too many "things" - only a few have proved their worth, "Google's Blogger"

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being the most important, and Google develops it all the time!
I did have a site at "GeoCities" but not even I visited it, and I gave up because it was unreliable and complicated!
So - if you've got anything with "Yahoo" - get it back - before it's too late (see instructions below)- and go to Google!

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Yahoo! GeoCities Service Announcement

Final notice: GeoCities is closing.

Dear Yahoo! GeoCities customer,

We're writing to remind you that Yahoo! GeoCities, our free web site building service and community, is closing on October 26, 2009.

On October 26, 2009, your GeoCities site will no longer appear on the Web, and you will no longer be able to access your GeoCities account and files.

What You Need to Do
If you'd like to move your web site, or save the images and other files you've posted online, you need to act now by choosing one of the following options:

• Move your site to Yahoo! Web Hosting.
We know your files are important to you, and we want to make moving to Web Hosting as easy and affordable as we can. For a limited time, you can move your files automatically, take advantage of terrific features like a personalized domain name and email, even redirect your GeoCities web address to your new site — all for only $4.99 a month for a full year.

For more information and complete terms, please see our special offer now.
• Download your files to your own computer.
With your pages and images saved offline, you can re-create your site with any hosting provider.

To quickly download your published files, visit your GeoCities web site, right-click on each page, and choose Save Page As... from the menu that appears. Choose a location on your computer to save your files, then click OK or Save. Learn more about downloading your files.

Don't Wait
Please be aware that after October 26, your GeoCities files will be deleted from our servers, and will not be recoverable. If you'd like to save your files, you must download them now or move to Yahoo! Web Hosting. If you need assistance, please visit the help center.

We want to thank you for being a GeoCities customer, and hope you continue to enjoy our other Yahoo! services.

Best regards,

The Yahoo! GeoCities team
Please do not reply to this message. This is a service email related to your use of Yahoo! GeoCities. If you have questions, please contact Yahoo! Customer Care. For your protection, Yahoo! will never ask you to provide your billing information via email.To learn more about Yahoo!'s use of personal information, including the use of web beacons in HTML-based email, please read our privacy policy. Yahoo! is located at 701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089.

Copyright © 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.
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