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rcjordan

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38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are no longer accessible a decade later
« on: May 18, 2024, 01:14:38 PM »
https://www.pewresearch.org/data-labs/2024/05/17/when-online-content-disappears/

Link Rot and Digital Decay on Government, News and Other Webpages | Pew Research Center
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Re: 38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are no longer accessible a decade later
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2024, 01:40:20 AM »
A related problem is old URLs which still exist but have different, unrelated content now.
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Re: 38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are no longer accessible a decade later
« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2024, 02:09:41 AM »
>different, unrelated content now

That's a problem within AMZ now.  A vendor will discontinue a product and substitute another --sometimes similar, but often not related-- product.  I come across this when I go to 'buy again' from past orders.
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Re: 38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are no longer accessible a decade later
« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2024, 04:37:54 PM »
I'm surprised the numbers are that low.

What happened in 2017? Is that just sampling error?
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