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Web development
fromTechCrunch
7 hours ago

The Wayback Machine debuts a new plugin designed to fix the internet's broken links problem | TechCrunch

A WordPress plugin uses the Wayback Machine to archive outbound links and redirect visitors to archived pages when links break.
Artificial intelligence
fromAxios
1 month ago

The rise of "web rot"

Older websites persist and degrade search quality and training data, while overall web traffic steadiness masks decline among sites older than five years.
Privacy professionals
fromNieman Lab
5 months ago

It just got easier to make an archival copy of that website you're digging into

Reddit has blocked the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine from archiving its content, raising concerns over link rot and the availability of web history.
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