Where did the old web go? We followed 657,607 links to find out
Summary
An in-depth look at link rot using a 0.mk archive of 2009–2014 links. The article crawls 655,178 crawlable historical links and reveals that a large share no longer load due to DNS and network issues, content decay, or site blocking. It also discusses the revival of 0.mk and the role of AI in automation and moderation for managing large link datasets.