Fantastic web resource - archive.org

[directmarketingadvice]

Hi folks

I just discovered www.archive.org.

It's like an internet time machine. You can go back in time to see what a particular website used to look like.

I've been playing around with it and I've found some great stuff that's no longer around.

For example, I went back to see what Jay Abraham's (arguably the worlds #1 marketing consultant) site used to look like and there's a lot of articles in the archives that are (to my knowledge) no longer available.

For example, there's a Q&A at:

http://web.archive.org/web/20020208005652/abraham.com/articles/Questions_&_Answers_With_Jay.html

I think I'm going to be playing with archive.org between now and christmas. I've got a stack of websites to check out...

Steve

[Magsite]

Thanks Steve

I'm looking now!

Lisa

[Hayles]

Excellent site!

Have a look at Ebay!

Hayles

[caroline]

Thanks for that, very helpful!

[DuaneJackson]

It's a very useful site. I used it last week to recover some photos that I couldn't find. I knew they were on one of my sites years ago and the wayback machine had archived them.

Once you start playing with the search queries it gets even more powerful. You can look in specific subdirectories of a site for instance.

[multilingual]

What about this dodgy looking site;

http://web.archive.org/web/20040322021705/http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/

:wink:

JB

[DeveloperBloke]

what a great resource, never knew anything like this existed!

[DeveloperBloke]

wow, i can see all of my clients sites,a nd how they have evolved to look just as crummy as they used to be . lol

[fastfences]

I'm off to find one of JoyDivision's sites from 8 years ago :wink:
Cheers, Nigel