As I quietly lamented (or at least noted) the impending death of GeoCities today, I wanted to double-check my memory that it was once one of the very largest sites on the Web. Yup--ten years ago, in April 1999, Web measurement company Media Metrix rated it as the sixth largest online property. Which got me…

As I quietly lamented (or at least noted) the impending death of GeoCities today, I wanted to double-check my memory that it was once one of the very largest sites on the Web. Yup--ten years ago, in April 1999, Web measurement company Media Metrix rated it as the sixth largest online property. Which got me…