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To: Sam who wrote (76)	7/31/1998 2:27:00 PM
From: Urlman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 316

When i first started the page back in '97 i either didn't hear of it's competitors or the ones that were around I was wary of because they could have been fly by night companies and my website could have wound up being a 404 error.... I have stuck with Geocities because they are IMHO considerably faster than the other websites, and i know they will be sticking around XOOM is an excelent site but is not easy for the average person to use because it involves using FTP software... but that's great for large files..... BTW the I prefer the watermark to huge FLASHING BANNERS (yuck!) Fortune City I beleive just increased to 20MB ... very nice and all but the site was already congested and i think it's since slowed even more....

To: Sam who wrote (76)	7/31/1998 2:33:00 PM
From: Rob LeVine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 316

S, For me it was that it was the first site I heard about that had free web space. I used it for several months but then got really annoyed by the incredible lack of speed (Contacting www.geocities.com,....ZZzzzzzzzZZZZzzz), lack of space and then, the cherry on top was that you were supposed to put the ugly Geocities icon on your opening page. We use Media One for our cable/cable modem and they offered us free web space with no strings attached and gave us a lot more room than GeoCities and at a blazing speed. Just before we left GeoCities they did increase the amount of web space you're given, but it was too little too late. On the other hand, I like the neighborhood 'concept' of Geocities though the likelihood of finding one that 'fits' you is low (we picked Silicon Valley because my in-laws live in California). Also, every week when I get my Yahoo "Pick's of the Week" email, it is quite often that some of the web sites originate at www.geocities.com, which means that there are a lot of people getting press. Just for the heck of it, try to get an address in a GeoCities neighborhood -- you'll see how many people are already there. I think the IPO should be successful, but then again I thought the Jets would make the playoffs last fall. EDIT: I just read URLMan's reply and I guess we're saying the opposite. Oh well. It has been several months since we used Geocities. - Rob