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The Wayback Machine September 25, 2008

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Do you ever come across the following error message while doing research on the Internet?

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Not Found

The requested URL /was not found on this server.

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There may be a solution! The Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine allows you to browse through 85 billion (!) web pages that have been archived since 1996. Simply enter the URL of the site and the Wayback Machine will show you all the available versions of the site since 1996.

For example, ever wondered what the Google page looked like before Google became a household name. Click this link to see the Google page from 1999.

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