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38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are no longer accessible a decade later (www.pewresearch.org)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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[–] Vorticity 31 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I wonder how this compares the the number of businesses that existed in 2013 that no longer exist. I wonder for two reasons:

Is 38% similar to the typical rate of failure for businesses and other ventures?
How much of the 38% can be explained by closure of high-risk businesses like restaurants?

Something else that could explain a lot of it is webpages that were always intended to be ephemeral. Political campaign websites for instance.

[–] zebbedi 16 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Also.... I once created hellblade.com. We sold gaming computers with cases that changed colour with heat in the UK. Was a total disaster. Now it's some big game franchise. Wish I'd kept the domain.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

always keep the domain

[–] zebbedi 7 points 7 months ago

Yeah i often wonder.... Would they have changed the name of the game, paid me off, or done something like hellbladegame.com.