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archive.is
Screenshot of archive.is
Type of site
Web archiving
Available inMultilingual
URL
CommercialNo
RegistrationNo

archive.is (formerly archive.today) is an archive site which stores snapshots of web pages.[2] It retrieves one page at a time similar to WebCite, smaller than 50 MB each, but with Web 2.0 sites (such as Google Maps and Twitter) included.

Archive.is uses headless browsing to record what embedded resources need to be captured to provide a high-quality memento, and creates a PNG image to provide a static and non-interactive visualization of the representation.[3]

Unlike crawlers such as Wayback Machine, archive.is only captures individual pages in response to explicit user requests, and so does not obey the robots exclusion standard.[4] Because of this, website owners cannot unilaterally remove snapshots at will, making it a "permanent" archive.[5][failed verification]

Since July 2013, archive.is supports the Memento Project application programming interface (API).[6][7]

Worldwide availability

China

According to GreatFire.org, archive.is has been blocked in China since March 2016,[8] archive.li since September 2017,[9] and archive.fo since July 2018.[10]

Finland

On July 21, 2015, the operators blocked access to the service from all Finnish IP addresses, stating on Twitter that they did this in order to avoid escalating a dispute they allegedly had with the Finnish government.[11]

Russia

In Russia, only HTTP access is possible; HTTPS connections are blocked.[12][13]

Hosting

Veesp currently hosts archive.is.[14] The site was protected by Cloudflare from August 16 2018 until September 2 2018.[citation needed]

Features

Archive.is records only text and images, excluding video and other non-static content. It keeps track of the history of snapshots saved, returning to the user a request for confirmation before adding a new snapshot of an already saved Internet address.[15]

Web pages can't be duplicated from http://archive.is to http://www.archive.org as second-level backup. The reverse - from www.archive.org to archive.is - is possible,[16] but the copy usually takes more time than a direct capture. Some web sites can't be saved by either Internet Archive or archive.fo due to their robots.txt file.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Archive.is Site Info". Site Info. Alexa Internet. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  2. ^ Martin Brinkmann (22 April 2015). "Create publicly available web page archives with Archive.is". Ghacks. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  3. ^ Brunelle, Justin F.; Kelly, Mat; Weigle, Michele C.; Nelson, Michael L. (25 January 2015). "The impact of JavaScript on archivability". International Journal on Digital Libraries. 17 (2). Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg: 95–117. doi:10.1007/s00799-015-0140-8.
  4. ^ Dascalescu, Dan (18 February 2013). "Web page archiving – Dan Dascalescu's Wiki (review)". Wiki.dandascalescu.com. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  5. ^ Koebler, Jason (29 October 2014). "Dear GamerGate: Please Stop Stealing Our Shit". Motherboard.
  6. ^ Nelson, Michael L. (9 July 2013). "Archive.is Supports Memento". Research and Teaching Updates. Web Science and Digital Libraries Research Group at Old Dominion University. Archived from the original on 27 July 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "archive.is". Memento Protocol Information. Memento Development Group. Archived from the original on 15 September 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  8. ^ "archive.is is 100% blocked in China". GreatFire Analyzer. 12 August 2018. Archived from the original on 12 August 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ "archive.li is 100% blocked in China". Great Fire Analyzer. 12 August 2018. Archived from the original on 12 August 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ "archive.fo is 100% blocked in China". Great Fire Analyzer. 12 August 2018. Archived from the original on 12 August 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ Lapintie, Lassi (22 July 2015). "Suomalaisilta estettiin haktivistien suosimalla verkkosivulla käynti" [Finns' access to website used by hacktivists blocked]. Iltalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  12. ^ Elistratov, Vladimir (29 January 2016). "Роскомнадзор заблокировал сервис archive..., хранящий копии веб-сайтов". TJournal (in Russian). Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  13. ^ Cushing, Tim (4 February 2016). "Russia Blocks Another Archive Site Because It Might Contain Old Pages About Drugs". Techdirt. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  14. ^ "Archive.is server and hosting history". EasyCounter. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  15. ^ "Example snapshot history on archive.is".
  16. ^ "Example: Page saved from Web Archive to Archive.is". Archived from the original on 17 May 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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