Found a Geocities page from 1997 that is still online

I was looking for old info on a band I liked in high school and stumbled on a Geocities page that hasn't been touched in 27 years. It's got a guestbook with posts from 1998 thanking the creator for the MIDI files. The layout is that classic tiled background with the animated fire gif in the corner. It made me realize how much character the web used to have before everything got polished into the same gray box. Everything now is just optimized for ad revenue and algorithms. Has anyone else found a relic like this that still loads without errors?

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elliots4912d ago

I mean, idk, I get what you're saying about character, but honestly that old web stuff was kind of a mess. Half the time pages wouldn't load right or the midi files would blast your ears off. I think there's something to be said for clean design that actually works on a phone.

anthony_lane5511d ago

Reminds me of my buddy Tom who tried to show his kids his old GeoCities page last year and the whole thing was just broken images and a MIDI file that made his youngest cry. That "character" they're talking about is great until you actually try to use it.