Why I link to Wayback Machine instead of original web content

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Post by puggo » Tue, Sep 08, 2020, 8:03 AM UTC

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

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Post by k1m » Tue, Sep 08, 2020, 8:30 AM UTC

I think this a good idea, but especially because the WayBackMachine uses good content security policies to prevent some of the intrusive JS ad-dependent sites like to push on people. So you're not only protecting from future 404 scenarios, but also protecting your visitors' privacy from unscrupulous ad-tech which seems to be everywhere now.

The example provided in the article, showing how a site looked cleaner before, could simply be the content security policies at the WayBackMachine preventing the clutter from getting loaded, rather than any specific changes on the site - although I haven't checked that particular site.

Re: Why I link to Wayback Machine instead of original web content

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Post by romwell » Tue, Sep 08, 2020, 8:33 AM UTC

Good idea, by why not both (i.e. link to a webpage, and to the Archive)?

Linking to Archive only makes Archive a single point of failure.

Re: Why I link to Wayback Machine instead of original web content

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Post by cornedor » Tue, Sep 08, 2020, 8:33 AM UTC

But how certain is the future of WayBackMachine, when disaster strikes, all your links are dead. On the other hand, the original links can still be read from the url, so the original reference is not completely gone.

Re: Why I link to Wayback Machine instead of original web content

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Post by oblio » Tue, Sep 08, 2020, 8:35 AM UTC

cornedor wrote: post #4

But how certain is the future of WayBackMachine, when disaster strikes, all your links are dead. On the other hand, the original links can still be read from the url, so the original reference is not completely gone.

Doesn't the link to the WayBackMachine contain the original link?

Re: Why I link to Wayback Machine instead of original web content

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Post by icemelt8 » Tue, Sep 08, 2020, 8:35 AM UTC

Just FYI, archive.org is banned in a few countries, including the UAE, where I cannot open any links from there.

Re: Why I link to Wayback Machine instead of original web content

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Post by kibibu » Tue, Sep 08, 2020, 8:35 AM UTC

Can we update this link to point to the archive version?

Re: Why I link to Wayback Machine instead of original web content

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Post by celsoazevedo » Tue, Sep 08, 2020, 8:37 AM UTC

Is there any WordPress plugin that adds a link to the WayBack Machine next to the original link? I would use something like that.

Re: Why I link to Wayback Machine instead of original web content

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Post by ffpip » Tue, Sep 08, 2020, 8:41 AM UTC

The wayback machine has helps me on a daily basis. So many old links are dead.

The other day, I noticed that even old links from the front page of Google and Youtube are dead now. Internet Archive still has them. These were links on the front page of YT. Was very disappointed that even Google has dead links.

Re: Why I link to Wayback Machine instead of original web content

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Post by ffpip » Tue, Sep 08, 2020, 8:43 AM UTC

You can create a bookmark in Firefox to save a link quickly.

Bookmark Location- https://web.archive.org/save/%s

Keyword - save

So searching 'save https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24406193' archives this post.

You can use any Keyword instead of 'save'.

You can also search with https://web.archive.org/*/%s