A salute to just 59 once vibrant free web sites that have bitten the dust or were sent to the dead web cemetary when purchased. Read their names out loud (below) the next time someone raves about some site that will host your content for free.

This is an update to the 2015 version

Music: Another One Bites The Dust Synthesia http://youtu.be/BCSWX01Rva0

The Dead (as of 2018)

• Anyhub anyhub.com
• AskJeeves ask.com
• Aviary aviary.com
• blo.gs blo.gs
• BlogTV blogtv.com
• Calc 5 calc5.com
• Churnalism churnalism.com
• Class.io class.io
• Clef getclef.com
• Clipmarks clipmarks.com
• Connotea connotea.org
• Dabble DB dabbledb.com
• FluidSurveys fluidsurveys.com
• Fotopedia fotopedia.com
• Friendfeed friendfeed.com
• Friendster friendster.com
• furl furl.com
• Geocities geocities.com
• Google Answers answers.google.com
• Google Buzz buzz.google.com
• Google Helpouts helpouts.google.com
• Google Lively
• Google Notebook notebook.google.com
• Google Reader reader.google.com
• Google Wave wave.google.com
• Hackasaurus hackasaurus.org
• iGoogle
• Jaiku jaiku.com
• Jaycut jaycut.com
• Jumpcut jumpcut.com
• Limnu limnu.com
• ma.gnolia ma.gnolia.com
• Mapzen mapzen.com
• ooVoo oovoo.com
• Orkut orkut.google.com
• Picnik picnik.com
• Plaxo plaxo.com
• Popcorn maker popcorn.webmaker.org
• Posterous posterous.com
• pownce pownce.com
• Quickcast quickcast.io
• Qik qik.com
• Recollection recollection.com
• SCVNGR scvngr.com
• simpy simpy.com
• SixDegrees sixdegrees.com
• Storify storify.com
• Swivel swivel.com
• Tabblo tablo.com
• Tackk tackk.com
• Technorati technorati.com
• Timebridge timebridge.com
• Trovebox trovebox.com
• Twine twine.com
• Twitpic twitpic.com
• Vine vine.co
• Xtranormal xtranormal.com
• Yahoo Auctions auctions.yahoo.com
• Zooomr zooomr.com