HOW TO ARCHIVE WEBSITE

A good idea for factcheckers is always to create an archive of suspicious content or fake news for later reference. One reason is that, increasingly, fake news sites proliferate and disappear at an alarming rate, sometimes popping up in a different avatar but wtth little discernible change in quality or content.

Creating a database is a key tool for factcheckers as it allows them to go back and compare old fake news that often keeps making a comeback a few weeks, months, or even a couple of years later. In such a case, having an archive of fake news that has already been debunked can be a handy tool.

One of the best tools for creating an archive is to use the Wayback Machine website . It is easy to use for saving as well as (https://archive.org/web/)retrieving pages.To archive a web page, enter the URL into the input box for saving pages.This makes a digital backup of that particular page.To retrieve it, all you have to do is to once again enter the same URL in input box for recalling it.

https://archive.org/web/

To archive a specific page or a subdirectory, add an asterisk after the URL e.g. https://www.twitter.com/narendramodi/* This is particularly useful for saving social media comments by public figures that may have circulated fake news or may have stated a certain position on some issue that can later be used to validate or counter their stance later.

Another option is to use archive.is Use the top box to retrieve a URL and the box at the bottom to save a page. When you save an URL, what the s i te does is take a snapshot that will always be online even if the original page disappears. It also saves a text and a graphical copy of the page and provides a short link to an unalterable record of any web page