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Comments (5)
Nice, next people will sue him for copying content without permission ;)
Mon 2 Nov 2009, 15:17
Wow, it will be an archive.org for geocities.
I was sad to see the geocities go away....they were so much a part of the early web.
Thanks for letting us know about this.
Wed 4 Nov 2009, 01:03
where can i find "Philippine Lotto FYI - OFW Edition" for wheeling 12 lotto numbers, please... This used to be accessed at geocities.com. please help me to access it again. Tnx a lot and God bless.
Tue 10 Nov 2009, 02:24
How do I find out if I can retrieve this on Reocities or if it was even one of the sites copied by Reocities?
Thank you!
Sun 27 Dec 2009, 11:28
@ Olaf Lederer: Actually, people will be so pleased that the Geocities pages that they value have been saved, that they'll give retrospective licences to this guy to do it.
Tue 3 Aug 2010, 03:59