Search results are ranked by the number of captures in the Wayback and the number of relevant links to the site’s homepage. The Site Search feature of the Wayback Machine is based on an index built by evaluating terms from hundreds of billions of links to the homepages of more than 350 million sites. How can I use the Wayback Machine’s Site Search to find websites? You can even use fuzzy URL matching and date specification… but that’s a bit more advanced.
If you find an archived page that you would like to reference on your Web page or in an article, you can copy the URL. Yes! The Wayback Machine is built so that it can be used and referenced. This introduction video provides an overview for how to use the Wayback Machine, including information about searching by URL or keyword, understanding provenance, and saving your own pages, along with other features.Ĭan I link to old pages on the Wayback Machine?
