Research, guides, and honest comparisons on keeping a permanent record of the web pages you can't afford to lose.
You've probably heard the average web page lasts 100 days. That number is over two decades old. Here's what current research actually says about how long a page stays up — and why the decay curve matters more than any single average.
ComparisonArchiveBox and Linkwarden are both excellent self-hosted archiving tools — if you're willing to run the server. Here's an honest comparison of what each actually does, and where a managed tool fits instead.
GuidesReddit now blocks the Wayback Machine from saving most of its own content, and a deleted thread, banned subreddit, or shut-down forum doesn't come back. Here's what actually protects a thread you care about.
ProductThe same image gets reposted across dozens of threads on image boards and forums. Here's why we now only ever store it once per account, and what that means for your bill.
IT & DevOpsVendor knowledge base articles move, get renamed, or vanish outright — usually right when you need them most. Here's why it happens and how to stop losing the fix you found once.
Legal & researchCourts are increasingly skeptical of plain screenshots. Here's what actually holds up, and why the difference matters before the page is gone.
ComparisonThe Wayback Machine is built for the whole web, not your one page right now. Here's what to use instead, and when the Wayback Machine is still the right call.
ResearchA look at how fast links actually die — by age, by sector, and what it means for anything you've bookmarked and never gone back to check.