Where did the old web go? We followed 657,607 links to find out
A restored database of 657,607 links from 2009 to 2014 shows that 76.7% of the crawlable links no longer returned a loading page in August 2026. The data primarily reflects the activity of users in Macedonia and does not represent the entire web.
0.mk
5 min
8/13/2026
Blocking Internet Archive Won't Stop AI, but Will Erase Web's Historical Record
The Internet Archive is the largest digital library, preserving over one trillion archived web pages through its Wayback Machine. Recent actions by publishers to block the Internet Archive threaten the preservation of the web's historical record.
eff.org
3 min
3/21/2026
Where did the old web go? We followed 657,607 links to find out
A restored database of 657,607 links from 2009 to 2014 shows that 76.7% of the crawlable links no longer returned a loading page in August 2026. The data primarily reflects the activity of users in Macedonia and does not represent the entire web.
0.mk
5 min
8/13/2026
Blocking Internet Archive Won't Stop AI, but Will Erase Web's Historical Record
The Internet Archive is the largest digital library, preserving over one trillion archived web pages through its Wayback Machine. Recent actions by publishers to block the Internet Archive threaten the preservation of the web's historical record.
eff.org
3 min
3/21/2026
Where did the old web go? We followed 657,607 links to find out
A restored database of 657,607 links from 2009 to 2014 shows that 76.7% of the crawlable links no longer returned a loading page in August 2026. The data primarily reflects the activity of users in Macedonia and does not represent the entire web.
0.mk
5 min
8/13/2026
Blocking Internet Archive Won't Stop AI, but Will Erase Web's Historical Record
The Internet Archive is the largest digital library, preserving over one trillion archived web pages through its Wayback Machine. Recent actions by publishers to block the Internet Archive threaten the preservation of the web's historical record.
eff.org
3 min
3/21/2026
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