The WayBack Machine
Monday June 2, 2008
One of my favorite sites to visit and use for research is archive.org's WayBack machine, which allows users to search for web pages that are no longer online. According to the Internet Archive, "the average lifespan of a web page is 44 -75 days," making it that much more important to preserve the designs and styles of our Internet past. The WayBack machine actually saves working versions of millions of sites, an amazing resource for designers looking to see the look of the internet, and specific sites, going back as far as 1996.
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Hi Eric,
Yes I do like the Wayback Machine. Though, there’s something disconcerting about having someone archive your photos and words forever!
Cheers,
Graphic Designer
Agreed… my oldest sites (and photos) are there!
can you help me? my friend got her myspace page deleted by someone, she doesn’t know who, is there anyway to recover it? the way back machine doesn’t seem to help or am i using it wrong?