Wayback Machine

The Wayback Machine is a digital archive of the Internet maintained by the Internet Archive. It allows users to view historical snapshots of websites by crawling and storing web pages over time. This is useful for:

• Accessing Archived Webpages – If a website has changed or been removed, you can often find an older version.
• Tracking Website Changes – Researchers and historians use it to study how sites have evolved.
• Recovering Lost Content – You might find a saved version, if a page is no longer available.
• Verifying Past Information – It can be used as evidence for fact-checking or legal purposes.

 See Something Save Something!

You can manually capture webpages using the Wayback Machine by following these steps:

Go to the Wayback Machine – Visit https://web.archive.org/.

Enter the URL – Type the website address you want to archive in the search bar.

Click "Save Page Now" – Scroll down to find the “Save Page Now” section.

Capture the Page – Click the “Save” button. The Wayback Machine will create an archived snapshot of the page.

Get a Permanent Link – Once saved, you'll receive a unique URL to access that archived version in the future.

This method is useful for preserving web pages before they change or disappear. 

Visit web.archive.org to explore archived pages or save your own.

Source: ChatGPT. (2025, February). Wayback Machine Illustration [AI-generated image]. OpenAI.