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yawnmoth
msg:473538 | 5:52 am on Sep 11, 2003 (gmt 0) |
i'm not sure the internet archive at archive.org qualifies as a directory, but... this question doesn't seem to fit in any of the other forums, either... anyways, my question is... how do i get archive.org to archive my site? according to the faqs, the sites has to be known to alexa. well, my site is. if i do a search for it on alexa, i see it. it's been this way for months. additionally, i saw my site yesterday on archive.org... it was dated from feburary... today, i don't see it. this happens quite a bit on archive.org. one day, a site'll be there, the next day, it won't. i would like for my site to be archived - not in a constant state of limbo between archival and not. if alexa isn't enough, what is?
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jdMorgan
msg:473539 | 5:58 am on Sep 11, 2003 (gmt 0) |
They've had some problems with their database recently. Normally, archive.org displays ONLY site archives that are a year old. They get their data from alexa. As a result, the fact that your site showed up there, listed with a February date, is an anomaly. A lot of folks don't like having their sites archived, but it comes in real handy in copyright disputes. Jim
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vitaplease
msg:473540 | 6:10 am on Sep 11, 2003 (gmt 0) |
>>Normally, archive.org displays ONLY site archives that are a year old Jim, I thought they always had this 6 to 12 month lag? [webmasterworld.com...]
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jdMorgan
msg:473541 | 6:43 am on Sep 11, 2003 (gmt 0) |
Yes, but the site in question did not - apparently. > additionally, i saw my site yesterday on archive.org... it was dated from feburary Jim
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Jenstar
msg:473542 | 6:57 am on Sep 11, 2003 (gmt 0) |
A month or two ago, I had seen CNN listed in archive.org with dates only 4 months previous. Checking now, I couldn't find any sites from 2003. I had used archive.org when someone stole my copyright, and at the time, it was from a page six months earlier. And their FAQ also says six months: | Wayback does not add pages less than 6 months after they are collected. Updates can take up to 12 months in some cases. |
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jdMorgan is probably right that it is just a database issue right now. And I am happy to have my site archived too, as I have used them when people have stolen my copyright.
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