The WayBack Machine - WTF?

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by garyganu, Jul 17, 2006.

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    I registered my site back in dec. 04. I got my first backlink back in June of 2005 and have been indexed in google since then and consistently building backlinks. For some reason the wayback machine has no data on my site. Does anybody know how long it takes to be listed there? It doesn't seem normal to not be listed since my site has been around for over a year now?

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    garyganu, Jul 17, 2006 IP
  2. simons1321

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    #2
    why do you want to be listed in the wayback machine so badly?
     
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  3. garyganu

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    i don't know why exactly...i guess it just worries me that i'm not. I guess it's not a big deal.
     
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    Elee Well-Known Member

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    #4
    There are so many more important "worries" than this. Keep building links.
     
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    wow i don't even know what to say to that
     
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    #6
    I've got a really strong site registered back in early '05 that's not listed in archive.org yet... seems their really out of date.
     
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    Nintendo ♬ King of da Wackos ♬

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  8. Winagain

    Winagain Well-Known Member

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    #8
    what possible use could have to be listed in the Wayback machine?
     
    Winagain, Jul 17, 2006 IP
  9. mdvaldosta

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    #9
    Nothing really, it's just cool.
     
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    #10
    I've had a site be indexed by archive.org and not show up on the wayback machine for over a year. Seems completely random.
     
    DrMalloc, Jul 18, 2006 IP
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    It's one of the places I always check before buying a site. I like to be able to see when they got pages up and if they were on topic for what I am considering buying.
     
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    I've always seen it as a nice way to assert copyright in future too.
     
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    WaybackMachine doesn't seem to collect data anymore? I haven't seen any recent updates. Has anyone else?
     
    TheNeeper, Jul 18, 2006 IP
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    jquindlen Notable Member

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    #14
    Well, I doubt you would include this in your site, but make sure your robot.txt file dosen't contain this:
    
User-agent: ia_archiver
Disallow: /
    Code (markup):
    which tells archive.org to exclude your results from their spider.
     
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    onedollar SEO Consultant for Hire

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    #15
    probably the op wants to sell the site and being listed in wayback machine helps :)
     
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    If you will sell your site.Some buyer check the history of the site.Especially if it has high PR and good earnings.
     
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    infonote Well-Known Member

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    WayBack Machine useful for backup.
     
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    What is with all the hecklers? The poor guy asked a simple question.
     
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