Gone but Not Forgotten: Recovering the Dead Web

Multiple studies confirm that a significant portion of web content is disappearing over time, with 25-38% of pages from the past decade becoming inaccessible due to "link rot." However, the Wayback Machine has successfully preserved approximately 15% of these dead pages, providing a crucial fallback resource for accessing otherwise lost online information. The article examines various link-rot studies and analyzes how web archives can help recover portions of the "dead web."