Why were they purchased by GeoCities? Simple - pure numbers. They wanted to encourage people that were not already GeoCities homesteaders to switch over. This is from an email I received about the acquisition dated 11/11/98:
"Today, GeoCities has exciting news for you. We are pleased to announce that GeoCities has acquired WebRing. As many of you know, WebRing is the largest ring community with more than 66,000 rings representing more than 900,000 members. The WebRing technology allows users to create their own communities based on interests and links; more than 220,000 GeoCities members are already RingMembers!"
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Why were they purchased by GeoCities? Simple - pure numbers. They wanted to encourage people that were not already GeoCities homesteaders to switch over. This is from an email I received about the acquisition dated 11/11/98:
"Today, GeoCities has exciting news for you. We are pleased to announce that GeoCities has acquired WebRing. As many of you know, WebRing is the largest ring community with more than 66,000 rings representing more than 900,000 members. The WebRing technology allows users to create their own communities based on interests and links; more than 220,000 GeoCities members are already RingMembers!"