For those of us who have been online since the mid 90s, witnessing the birth and fad of Geocities websites (free websites for newbies to the web), Yahoo (who now own Geocities) is apparently closing them down later this year, as the focus has shifted to more advanced free website formats like facebook, myspace and other blogs.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/24/geocities_bye/