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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote in [community profile] reddit_refugees2024-10-10 08:31 pm

Alternatives to the Wayback Machine

[personal profile] onlyknownothing has pointed out that the Wayback Machine is down. Read more about the problem here. While this is among the most popular archives, it is not the only one. When it comes to data backups, more is better. Explore different archive sites, because they do things differently -- what won't save on one usually will save on another. When one is down, others are probably still up. Here are some options...


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This site offers multiple ways to search for a legible version of a website. Some of those, like the Wayback Machine and Archive.Today, will give you the option to save a page if they don't already have a copy of it.

Ghost Archive is clunky and unreliable but better than nothing.

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This is a global list and may be the most useful if you are outside the United States of America.

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