This is definitely a thing. Many sites when they update take down old content that was getting few views. Many times that content is irretrievably lost.
This shows the value of actually grabbing content that you plan to use or hope to refer to in the future, rather than merely bookmarking it. And it also underscores the value of the Internet Archive.
> This shows the value of actually grabbing content that you plan to use or hope to refer to in the future, rather than merely bookmarking it. And it also underscores the value of the Internet Archive.
Yes. Everyone should install the Wayback Machine plugin and click the "save page now" whenever they find something useful or interesting:
I hate hitting an unarchived dead-ends when doing research, so I'm trying to do my part to prevent it. Many page I've archived had never been archived before I saved them.
Very much so. Recently I was able to retrieve geolocation data for some Panoramio photos thanks to IA. Another thing I appreciate a lot is Web Archive (MHTML) as "Save As" file format in FF.
This shows the value of actually grabbing content that you plan to use or hope to refer to in the future, rather than merely bookmarking it. And it also underscores the value of the Internet Archive.