Wednesday, October 27, 2004

Time Travel On the World Wide Web

As the introductory information says, web sites are constantly changing, new ones appear, others disappear.
Browse through 30 billion web pages archived from 1996 to a few months ago.
Where can one do this? By using the WayBackMachine. This resource is dedicated to keep a running record of the entire World Wide Web and its history.

If you want to see snapshots in time of a web site's presence (including content!), go to the WayBackMachine and type in the URL of the site you want to explore.

All the stored snapshots of this site's past will be available as links for you to click on. Some sites that require log-on are not represented, but the great majority of web sites are here and available.

Both fascinating and very useful for catching content that once existed but has been replaced.