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7. I ran into problems with archive.xx

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Fri Jan 17, 2025, 10:20 PM

Jan 17

One site objected to its crawler (not me) probably because of traffic or some javascript quirk. Keep trying!

Archivebuttons has many options available.

One more thing. Sometimes, take the title of a paywalled article and search the web for it. Often, a paywalled article is syndicated at MSN or yahoo or other.

Happy paywall busting! They open up so google can index their sites and drive traffic, but close down for peeps. They want it both ways.

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