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First Monday - Internet time and the reliability of search engines
Journal article by Paul Wouters, Iina Hellsten, and Loet Leydesdorff. Examines the consequences and implications of internet search engines continuously reconstructing the past by updating their indices. (October 4, 2004)
Ghost Sites
Long running online "museum" provides screenshots of defunct sites.
Google Groups
Searchable archive of more than 700 million Usenet postings from a period of more than 20 years.
NoveltyNet
A site where people can submit orphaned content to be archived and kept available.
Searchenginewatch.com - It's Tough to Get a Good Date with a Search Engine
Article by Gary Price and Genie Tyburski. Explores the question of "what is a date on the web?" and notes that a searcher may be misled by the results of searches restricted by date. (June 5, 2002)
Textfiles
Contains information gathered from BBS's in the early days of the Internet.
The Internet Archive
Nonprofit organisation established to preserve Web sites by taking regular "snapshots".
The Register - Britain's Web presence to be saved
Announcement of the creation of the UK Web Archiving Consortium (UKWAC). (June 24, 2004)
The Register - The Web as historical record
Essay pointing out "one of the weaknesses of most search engines and the Web itself: you cannot sort by date." (May 4, 2004)
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