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Saturday, 29 December 2007

Link rot and web archival

Over time, many web resources pointed to by hyperlinks disappear, relocate, or are replaced with different content. This phenomenon is referred to in some circles as "link rot" and the hyperlinks affected by it are often called "dead links".
The ephemeral nature of the Web has prompted many efforts to archive web sites. The Internet Archive is one of the most well-known efforts; it has been active since 1996.

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