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Submit Your Website to be ArchivedSubmitting your website to organizations that capture and preserve websites can be a simple and powerful way of protecting your community archive's digital content. Websites only last as long as they are maintained and paid for. Research shows that community websites can often disappear after only a few years. |
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Submitting your website for archiving is straightforward and there are several options.
Many countries have archives dedicated to preserving their national web space. In the UK, The British Library runs the UK Web Archive. You can use the form on their web site to nominate your site for preservation.
The Internet Archive captures websites from around the world. Use the "Save Page Now" feature on their website to point the Internet Archive to capture specific pages of your website.
Next steps…Submitting your website is a recommended quick win, but if you have time, it's worth making sure that your website is being archived accurately and comprehensively. It can also be helpful to design your website simply to make it easier to crawl. We explore this more in level 2. |
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