It's easiest to think of a public archive as an online destination that you can access to search and retrieve digital information that's been archived.
For public sector organisations, archives are created to ensure information is preserved for both historical significance and as a matter of public record. The National Archives is a perfect example of a public archive.
For businesses, online content is often retired to form of public archive, preventing 'link rot', providing web continuity and ensuring users never find broken content.
We capture, store and make our memories accessible so that we can learn from them in the future. Archiving does the same thing. It enables us to capture documents and records of historical and cultural significance.
Organisations use public archiving for precisely this reason and the digital world has vastly accelerated this need. Millions upon millions of web and social media content are published every day, and the average webpage has a lifespan of just 90 days before it's removed or replaced.
We've developed the world's most advanced digital public archiving solution - all through the MirrorWeb Platform.
With our intuitive search portal, you can search and filter through a vast collection of web pages, social media posts, images and documents quickly and easily. To learn more about how we archived the UK Government's digital presence, take a look at our case study here.
We make it easy to access important content. Our simple to use, intuitive platform provides advanced search and filter capabilities.
All archives are captured in their original format, so you can replay content exactly as it first appeared.
Our powerful archiving solution preserves web pages daily and social media in near real-time meaning nothing is ever lost.
Stay in total control of your data by choosing where it's archived, ensuring full compliance with ISO standards.
All of your archives are available as a downloadable PNG or PDF to support your record-keeping processes.
Every archived file is time-stamped, immutable and stored in an ISO-compliant format to ensure authenticity and legal acceptance.
Our cloud-based platform is light touch, requiring no infrastructure costs or extra resource burdens on customers.
Identify specific content in your archive and review changes with our content comparison tool.
You define the frequency. Daily, weekly or monthly crawls for your website and social media channels.
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