I always thought that my words I wrote and the stuff I put on the web were just haphazardly stored by whoever the Internet gurus are.  Well it turns out that not only are they haphazardly stored they are systematically stored on the Wayback Machine.  I know you think I am milking you but it is for real.  There is a machine that takes snapshots of the web and has been since 1996.  There are currently over 85 billion pages stored and if you don't think you are on there, think again.  If you don't believe me, take a trip to the New Library of Alexandria in Egypt and check it out.  If you don't have the time, go to this link

www.archive.org/web/web.php and type in www.activerain.com   and see what you get. 

If you are from say, Virginia Beach, you could go back in time to 1999 and see what was going on at the beach at that time.  It is some pretty neat stuff.  I know some people who have quite addicted to it.

What is really neat is that if you don't want your words preserved forever, there is a procedure for opting out of the Wayback Machine but I don't think that would be much fun.

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7 Comments on The Wayback Machine or Be Careful What You Write

Shhhhh!!  That's one of my secret weapons in my campaign against copyright violators. 

I had one guy try to tell me he had one of my maps on his page for about a month.  The Internet Archive showed my maps on his pages for 4 years. 

 

07/20/2008 03:56 PM by Lenn Harley, Homefinders.com, MD & VA Real Estate


Could also be a cure for writer's block...offers a great way to research and get ideas.

07/20/2008 04:02 PM by Gregory Lohr (Freedom Foreclosure Prevention Services)


Interesting! I never knew that! I'm going to go check it out!

Have a great week!

07/20/2008 04:24 PM by Justin & Katie Keisler (Realty Executives of Hickory)


Gene, That was like taking a trip down memory lane.  I have been working as my own webmaster for quite some time but I didn't know how long.   The first date according to the wayback machine was Oct. 18th 2000.  I was with By Referral Only at the time and used one of their ideas (I had completely forgot about that).  It has been a work in process and how fun to look at its evolution. 

07/20/2008 07:58 PM by Marchel Peterson Spring TX Real Estate E-Pro ABR (Results Realty)


My mother always said, "Don't write anything down if you wouldn't care if the entire world read it." Because you're right, it's all there in the Way Back Machine. Sometimes I use it to prove copyright when nitwits try to swipe my content.

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07/22/2008 04:32 PM by Elizabeth Weintraub, Sacramento Real Estate Broker (Lyon Real Estate)


Gene:  I didn't figure there was a lifespan to this stuff.  Once it's out there...it's OUT THERE.  Thanks for the link.

07/24/2008 09:14 AM by Chris Ann Cleland, GRI (Long & Foster)


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