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You might have heard aboutThe Internet Archive.
It’s that dusty place on the web for all digital artifacts.
It’s not a tomb, but a cache of knowledge that makes up our digital experience.
Imagine it in action.
A website with a 404 error or a Page Not Found message can be an annoyance.
A slightly dated but still relevant version of the webpage is the next best option.
The extension checks the Wayback Machine to see if there is anything in its archives.
If the answer is yes, you’ll be asked to click and view the most recently archived version.
Imagine it on a legal site where the historical information can be still relevant.
Or a website which was once a host for niche information not served by Google on its first page.
A2013 Harvard studyfound that 49% of the URLs referenced in U.S. Supreme Court decisions are now dead.
The value of preserving these nuggets of digital gold dust cannot be overstated.
This is good because we are learning the web is fragile and ephemeral.
drop in the extension and try it out with this test URL [No Longer Available].
Or the next “Page Not Found” error you want to counter.
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