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GeoCities organized its millions of user homepages into themed 'neighborhoods' based on content type. Which of these was an actual GeoCities neighborhood dedicated to technology and computing topics?
Answer
SiliconValley
GeoCities used a neighborhood metaphor to organize user pages by theme — SiliconValley hosted technology and computing content, while neighborhoods like Hollywood, Broadway, and Athens covered entertainment, theatre, and academia respectively.
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GeoCities divided the web into themed neighborhoods (SiliconValley, Broadway, etc.), making 38 million user homepages feel like a digital city before Yahoo deleted it all in 2009.
Other options people guess
- CyberTown
- TechStreet
- DigitalPlaza
Topics
- geocities
- 1990s
- web-history
- internet
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