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Dudebro
08-30-2012, 07:48 PM
Internet Archive: Wayback Machine (http://archive.org/web/web.php)

Anyone have much experience with this? I tried using it but I'm a total noob so I'm not sure if I'm just using it wrong or it's not able to find the info I want. Can this be used to search for facebook pages that changed in the last few months? The page was public at the time so that's not an issue.

KATZ
08-30-2012, 08:06 PM
its not really that great, it only shows a snapshot not the entire thing you might get one or 2 pages but thats it

Dudebro
08-30-2012, 08:16 PM
I don't need much, just the front page would help a lot.

Kong
08-30-2012, 08:21 PM
It isn't as good as it used to be. It takes them over a year to add most of their updates. So if you check back in a year or two you might find what you are looking for.

Try this. Archives of Dead Web Pages: Wayback, Cache, and More (http://www.searchengineshowdown.com/others/archive.shtml)

Dudebro
08-30-2012, 08:42 PM
Thanks for the link but I'm still having no luck, oh well. I should've taken a pic when I had the chance.

StarfoxFan2009
08-30-2012, 10:24 PM
As a side note, it does have retro cartoons from the twenties to the forties

fungusman
08-30-2012, 11:38 PM
archive.org FTW !

Loads of amazing stuff there, even videogame things. It's literally on my top 5 coolest things on the internet. If you can get past the horrid searching system/layout you'll find some grade a things.

I've been a long time supporter, made the front page as curators choice a few times, and really think what they are doing is great.

RU should really host some stuff there. A podcast, magazine, or anything else.