Internet archaeology

Internet Archaeology does exactly what it says on the tin: saves and preserves websites and their design from a dying age.

The idea was born from the death of Geocites. The director and founder, Ryder Ripps, saw it "as a major milestone in the internet's history"(.net issue 197 p16). It is quite similar to the Internet Archive however has a more modern design and simpler navigation, eliminating the need to remember complicated URL's. "it is not only important to historians, but also artists and designers".

I find the concept of this site quite interesting from a preservation point of view, but I find it hard to value the individual works. Perhaps over time this kind of museum type site will hold more value as the unstylish and badly designed becomes 'historical' but at the moment I think 'good riddance!'