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  3. Common Web Archive Challenges

Common Web Archive Challenges

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While we continuously investigate and implement capture improvements, some websites are not created in a way that is "archive-friendly" and can be difficult to capture or replay in their entirety. These difficulties affect all web crawlers, not just ours. When selecting seed URLs and reviewing your archived content, please keep these limitations in mind.

  • Troubleshooting dynamic web content
  • Troubleshooting browser issues
  • Troubleshooting Flash
  • Troubleshooting form and database-driven content
  • Troubleshooting password-protected sites
  • Troubleshooting POST Requests
  • Troubleshooting robots.txt exclusions
  • Troubleshooting streaming & downloadable media
  • Troubleshooting URLs that contain a #
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