One of the more infuriating things about the Internet is when a website
closes down.
You might follow a favorite writer’s blog,
save links to helpful articles, and
share interesting posts on social media. But then one day, you return to the
website to discover that it is gone.
The site does not exist anymore. All of the
useful stories and information are now missing. It is like they never existed.
The good news is that you may be able to find
those sites again, even after they are offline.
You can find help from a website called the Wayback Machine.
What the
Wayback Machine Is
The Wayback Machine site shows a kind of
history of the internet. It shows websites that are no longer online and older
versions of current sites.
The Wayback Machine provides archived records of publicly available
websites. Not all websites or versions of sites are available, but many are.
How to Use the
Wayback Machine
To see the archived images, go
to the Wayback Machine websiteand enter the web address of the site
you want to see.
You must enter the exact web address, not just
the site’s name.
For example, if you want to see an earlier
version of the Learning English website, you would enter
learningenglish.voanews.com, not the words “Voice of America Learning English.”
Click the
Browse History button.
On the results page, you will see how many
times the website has been archived and information showing when the site was
saved.
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