Website Preservation

The Internet Is Failing The Website Preservation Test

Ron Miller | August 27, 2015

The other day I was writing an article and I wanted to link to a piece I wrote when I was at CITEworld in 2013 — just two years ago. I went searching for it, but soon discovered that IDG, the publication’s owners had taken the site down — and all of its content with it. While this was one small example, it illustrates the issues we have around content preservation on the internet.

Source: http://www.pctipstricks.com/tip-to-see-the-backdated-version-of-a-website-useful-when-you-need-old-content-not-available-on-the-site-presently/

In fact, on a personal level much of my writing from this entire century is simply gone. I could have preserved each article I’ve written, of course, if I could keep up and remember to do it. Evernote or similar service provides a way for me to capture web pages — but the archiving onus shouldn’t be on individuals like me.

<more at http://techcrunch.com/2015/08/27/the-internet-is-failing-the-website-preservation-test/; related links: http://www.internetlivestats.com/total-number-of-websites/ [Blogger's note: shows the total number of websites on the Internet with an up-to-the moment count. Includes annual statistics and other facts.] and http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/link_rot_is_degrading_legal_research_and_case_cites/ ('Link rot’ is degrading legal research and case cites. December 1, 2013)>