Review of Yahoo! Geocities  -  http://geocities.yahoo.com

Personal or Nonprofit

FTP, FrontPage 98/2000, or Browser (up to 20 files at once)

Basic and Advanced editors, with templates

If you have an Ad Square and a visitor views your page with a browser that isn't at least version 4.0, a Pop-Up ad will appear.

Placing a GeoGuide (member banner) on your page will stop both the Ad Square and Pop-Ups.

Not allowed:

You cannot "engage in commercial activities without enrolling in Yahoo-approved affiliate programs. This includes, but is not limited to, the following activities:

• offering for sale any products or services;
• soliciting for advertisers or sponsors;
• conducting raffles or contests that require any type of entry fee;
• displaying a sponsorship banner of any kind, including those that are generated by banner or link exchange services, with the sole exceptions of the GeoGuide Banner Exchange program and the Internet Link Exchange; and
• displaying banners for services that provide cash or cash-equivalent prizes to users in exchange for hyperlinks to their web sites."

Easy-to-install Add-Ons - search box, slot machine game, news headlines, clip art, sports trivia, guestbook, page counter, feedback form, countdown clocks, streaming media, site menus, and much more.

Many file types allowed, such as streaming RealAudio, RealVideo, .zip, etc.

Multiple accounts allowed (however you cannot have multiple Yahoo GeoCities addresses that are within the same Yahoo GeoCities neighborhood or that have the same theme).

One of largest and oldest free web site hosting providers, with millions of users.
Server Location: USA
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"You'll need to start working on your site within the next three weeks [after activation] to avoid having your site automatically deleted."

File types NOT allowed: CGI scripts, .exe, .php, .shtml (see Misc. Features above)

Online help - very good
Email-based