Questions and Answers
What has been donating crawl data to the Internet Archive since 1996?
Alexa Internet
What is the purpose of the embargo period before data is added to the Wayback Machine?
To allow data to be reviewed for accuracy
What is the name of the website that hosts the archived data?
The Wayback Machine
What is the frequency at which data is added to the Wayback Machine?
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What is the purpose of the Internet Archive?
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Study Notes
Alexa Internet and Internet Archive Partnership
- Alexa Internet has been donating its crawl data to the Internet Archive since 1996.
- The donated data flows in daily and is added to the Wayback Machine after a certain embargo period.
Wayback Machine
- The Wayback Machine is a repository of crawl data, including data from Alexa Internet.
- The Wayback Machine can be accessed at <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/">https://web.archive.org/web/</a>.
- An example of a webpage archived in the Wayback Machine is <a href="http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/AbbCroc.html">http://etext.lib.virginia.edu:80/toc/modeng/public/AbbCroc.html</a>, which was archived on September 15, 2008, at 14:20:47.
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Description
Learn about Alexa Internet's donations to the Internet Archive and how the data is used in the Wayback Machine. Understand the concept of crawl data and embargo period.
