#7: Time travel through websites with this browser extension

Hi there,

this Friday, I have got a really useful extension for you:

Wayback Machine

You might know and have used the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. It is great and useful tool for seeing saved copies of articles on websites that have ceased to exist for school. But did you know they offer an official browser extension?

⚙️ What does it do?

It eliminates the step of visiting the Wayback Machine’s website. If you happen to land on a deleted page/get an 404, the extension will show a friendly banner allowing you to easily check if there is a recorded version of the webpage. Besides this basic functionality, it also comes packed with some other great features:

• It allows you to save the webpage you’re on to the archive with one click
• It allows you to see a list of tweets about the page you’re viewing
• It lets you view WHOIS (who registered the domain) and ALEXA (page statistics, how popular is the page) about the website you’re viewing
• It allows you to see older versions of the site

🔐Privacy Checkup

I did not record any outgoing network requests from the extension, besides when hitting a broken link, where it sends a request to the Internet Archive servers to see if there’s an older version of it available.

Download

If you are a student or often find yourself searching for archived versions of a site or statistics about a site, this is an extension you should not miss in your toolbox.

You can download it for Chrome and Firefox

Thanks for reading this issue :) I’ve created a brand new Twitter account for this newsletter. Follow Me over there to read these newsletters in thread form and discover more great browser extensions.

I’d you appreciate if you spread the word on Twitter about this newsletter or forward this to anyone you think might benefit of this extension and newsletter :)

Cheers, Bruce.

PS: If you know of any great extensions I have not covered yet, or have feedback on how I could improve this newsletter, please share them with me by hitting reply.