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If you have your ears on the vibrations on the Interwebs Today, then you will pick up that there’s a sad vibe doing it’s rounds. Today marks the day when Yahoo’s Geocities closes. For Good. Now if you dont know what Geocities is, then that’s good for you, but let me take a moment just sit right there.. I’ll tell you how Geocities played a role in shaping the web into what it is Today.

Geocities was the place where the FIRST wanna-be web designers started out, it was the FIRST place that allowed for the common guy to work on his web skills in an environment that was free, and create his own website. Most of you will no-doubt recognize some of these web-sites. the scrolling marquee, the flashing “under construction” gifs. Classic. I started out with a Geocities website. It was the SHeeiiit!!

This from Mashable:

Back in the proverbial day, GeoCities was the place where many a modern-day internet nerd cut his or her teeth. After a spectacular dot com purchase of $3.65 billion and an equally spectacular dot com bust, its closure marks the end of one of the earliest ages of the social web.
Yahoo, of course, has been busy slimming down and cutting costs under CEO Carol Bartz. With the company’s focus elsewhere, it makes sense to shut down what is essentially an internet relic. Still, to those who look back with nostalgia, October 26 could well be a wistful day.

XkCd is paying tribute to the departure of Geocities, and converted their entire website to a Geocities look-feel. Have a look (Update: In case you missed it, and they have changed it back, I added the image).

ComedyCentral also has a nice Tribute post. Read it.