![]() ![]() There are millions of documents, audios, videos, and more preserved within its digital walls. There’s much more to the Internet Archive than just the Wayback Machine, though. I’ve also recovered specific webpages of my own that had somehow been lost, and I’ve heard of others recovering entire websites from the archive when the original is lost. (Searching for that site on The Internet Archive today also shows the control site owners have over allowing their content to be archived.) The Internet Archive came to the rescue, providing a backup archive of the pages so many people found useful. One example of how the Wayback Machine can be invaluable is when the reference site Black Viper 2 inexplicably dropped off the internet. Quite different, eh? Archives as a safety net It’s 1996, Visual Basic 5 is featured, and “See What’s New in Microsoft Publisher 97!!” is a prominent headline. Lots of broken links to pictures, but the text is still there and quite telling. Here’s a great example: Microsoft’s home page in 1996. The Wayback Machine contains billions of web pages archived from 1996 to the present. If the website or page you were looking for has disappeared or otherwise dropped off of the internet, it might still be in the Wayback Machine. The Archive is also a treasure trove of online media preserved for anyone to browse. ![]() When online content goes missing or to research how content and sites have changed over the years, The Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine is a great resource. ![]()
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