Frequently Asked Questions:
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Hey! Haven't you always said GeoCities was all about free personal home pages?
GeoCities is absolutely, 100% committed to free personal home pages. We'll always have them, and everything that's now free will remain free.In fact, we hope to add value to the free personal home page program as well as to GeoPlus. But we want to add another layer to allow homesteaders, if they choose, to get even more out of their Web publishing experience.
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What can I do with 10 megs?
There's no limit to the creativity we're sure to see with homesteaders using up to 10 megs at their disposal. In fact, we can't wait to see the results. You'll be able to take advantage of the newest technologies for graphics sound and video, which are pretty cool but also take up lots of space. Spread your wings and fly!
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What's a personalized URL
Every GeoCities homesteader has a URL for his site using the same naming convention:
www.geocities.com/NeighborhoodName/####. GeoPlus subscribers can make their homestead address more personal,
and in many cases shorter, by adding a second address to steer visitors to the same site. You're easily recognized
as GeoPlus members by the "~" sign that follows www.geocities.com/, followed by your GeoCities member
name. (www.geocities.com/~member_name) The same Content Guidelines that apply to your site also apply to your
choice of member name, and your site will be found in the Neighborhood block directory based on its primary address.
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What does 'double GeoPoints' mean?
If you’re already a member of our free GeoRewards program, you know all
about this. If not, jump over to www.geocities.com/georewards to get the
full low-down. Basically, GeoRewards allows you to earn GeoPoints in
lots of different ways. There are also other ways, including
volunteering for activities such as Community Leader, to earn even more
GeoPoints, If you’re a subscriber to GeoPlus, you’ll earn twice the
number of GeoPoints you’d earn otherwise. For example, in GeoRewards you
earn five points per month just for signing up; as a GeoPlus subscriber,
that doubles to ten points per month. And so on up the line!
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How do the live news feeds work?
We've made arrangements with leading information providers for their live news content to be made available to GeoPlus subscribers to be accessible from their sites. The first of these is a Java applet, coupled with a banner featuring messages from GeoCities and its sponsors, that will provide the latest stock quotes, news headlines and charting about a company you choose. Here's an example. It's brought to you by Quote.com, one of the Web's premier providers of the latest stock quotes and financial news. You can add as many of these applets to your pages as you wish.
Additionally, sometime in December, we'll add a general information feed based on topics you choose, which will gather the latest information from a variety of sources and make it accessible from wherever you choose on your site. More information, including samples, will be available soon.
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Can you describe the free software in more detail?
We could, but we'd rather you hear it from the source. We've mirrored pages from the McAfee site for you to learn more about