You could link to the original web url and also do a print version of the web content as PDF. That's how i archive howtos and write-ups of interesting content. Print view and create a PDF version.
Why I link to Wayback Machine instead of original web content
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Re: Why I link to Wayback Machine instead of original web content
#72Hmm. is there a place for a service that makes a permanent copy of content, available at the original url at the time of posting?
Re: Why I link to Wayback Machine instead of original web content
#73I link to the original, but archive it in both WayBackMachine and Archive.is.
Re: Why I link to Wayback Machine instead of original web content
#74So, this is the problem of persistence of URL's always referencing the original content, regardless of where it is hosted, in an authoritative way. It's an okay idea to link to WB, because (a) it's de facto assumed to be authoritative by the wider global community and (b) as an archive it provides a promise that it's URL's will keep pointing to the archived content come what may. Though, such promises are just that:…
Signed HTTP Exchanges could be a neat solution here.
Re: Why I link to Wayback Machine instead of original web content
#75This is a bad idea for the reasons that other commenters have already stated. If WayBackMachine falls, all links would fall. Actually the "Web" would stop being one, if all links are all within the same service.
For docs and other texts, I just link to the original site and add an (Archive) suffix, e.g. the "Sources" section in https://doc-kurento.readthedocs.io/en/latest/knowledge/nat.h...
That is a simple and effective solution, yes it is a bit more cumbersome, but it does not bother me.
Re: Why I link to Wayback Machine instead of original web content
#76Here, I fixed your link: https://web.archive.org/web/20200908090515/https://hawaiigen...
Re: Why I link to Wayback Machine instead of original web content
#77I'm not sure I'm a fan of this because it just turns WayBackMachine into another content silo. It's called the world wide web for a reason, and this isn't helping. I can see it for corporate sites where they change content, remove pages, and break links without a moment's consideration. But for my personal site, for example, I'd much rather you link to me directly rather than content in WayBackMachine. Apart from any…
Would be nice if there's an automatic way to have a link revert to the Wayback Machine once the original link stops working. I can't think of an easy way to do that, though.
Brave browser has this built in, if you end up at a dead link the address bar offers to take you to wayback machine.
http://blog.archive.org/2020/02/25/brave-browser-and-the-way...
Re: Why I link to Wayback Machine instead of original web content
#78Re: Why I link to Wayback Machine instead of original web content
#79I'm not sure I'm a fan of this because it just turns WayBackMachine into another content silo. It's called the world wide web for a reason, and this isn't helping. I can see it for corporate sites where they change content, remove pages, and break links without a moment's consideration. But for my personal site, for example, I'd much rather you link to me directly rather than content in WayBackMachine. Apart from any…
> generate a report of broken links and allow me to update them manually just in case a site or two happen to be down when my build runs.
SEO tools like Ahrefs do this already. Although, the price might be a bit too steep if you only want that functionality. But there are probably cheaper alternatives as well.
Re: Why I link to Wayback Machine instead of original web content
#80By that reasoning, shouldn’t you be be using WayBack Machine links when posting your own content to HN, instead of posting direct links?