Site Name: Internet Archive
Type of Resource:
Digital Library. Open Source Audio, Video and Text. (Creative Commons License)
Description:
An internet library for texts, audio, moving images, software and archived web pages (Internet Archive, 1996). The Internet Archive's purpose includes offering permanent access for researchers, historians, scholards, people with disabilities, and the general public to historical collections that exist in digital format (Internet Archive, 1996) The Community websites for audio, text, and video are free access to source code and open distribution of community donated content.
Uses:
Quality:
Overall, the Internet Archive is a great resource, but not a great site. (Metacafe, 2006)
Authorship:
Chairman Brewster Kahle
Point of View or Bias:
None intended. Some of the material has a specific point of view or bias, but the views are not the views of the Internet Archive.
Referral to Other Sources:
Most of the links are internal links as the goal of the website is to be a library of information.
Currency:
Updated Daily
Alexa
Traffic Rank: 208
33,422 Sites Linking In
In the past three months the page views are up 52.1%
Primary Audience is 65+ year old Males.
The load time is Slow at 2.87 seconds. 64% of sides are faster.
Website Grader
Grade is 98/100.
Rank is 59,321
7,340,000 Indexed Pages
Moz Rank of 7.9
163,191 Linking Domains
Traffic Rank Top 0.01%
Google Page Rank
7/10
Etre Accessibility Check
1 Must Fix problem
32 Should Fix problems
1 May Fix problems
WAVE
Wave has detected 4 accessibility errors
TwitterGrader
Rank 86,601
8,330 Followers
Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library offering access to millions of free books, movies, and audio files, plus an archive of 150+ billion web pages.
San Francisco, CA
Citations:
"Internet Archive Review." Metacafe. N.p., 8 Dec. 2006. Web. 16 July 2011. <blog.metacafe.com/2006/12/internet-archive-review/>.
"Internet Archive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 July 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Archive>.
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free Books, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine. (1996). Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free Books, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 15, 2011, from http://www.archive.org/index.php
Accessibility Check - Etre. (2004). Etre - Get Results.. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://www.etre.com/tools/accessibilitycheck/
Alexa Internet - Website Information. (1996). Alexa the Web Information Company. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo
Google PageRank Checker - Check Google page rank instantly. (2005). Google PageRank Checker - Check Google page rank of any web pages. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://www.prchecker.info/check_page_rank.php
Twitter Grader | Get Your Twitter Ranking. (2010). Twitter Grader | Get Your Twitter Ranking. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://tweet.grader.com/
WAVE - Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool. (2001). WAVE - Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://wave.webaim.org/
Website SEO Tool | Website Grader. (2006). Website SEO Tool | Website Grader. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://websitegrader.com/
Type of Resource:
Digital Library. Open Source Audio, Video and Text. (Creative Commons License)
Description:
An internet library for texts, audio, moving images, software and archived web pages (Internet Archive, 1996). The Internet Archive's purpose includes offering permanent access for researchers, historians, scholards, people with disabilities, and the general public to historical collections that exist in digital format (Internet Archive, 1996) The Community websites for audio, text, and video are free access to source code and open distribution of community donated content.
Uses:
- History of the Internet thanks to the Wayback Machine
- Open Source materials that can be used for project creation
- Historical footage, audio, and text for use in a variety of classrooms.
- Wide variety of research material available.
- Web search
- Educational Films
Quality:
Overall, the Internet Archive is a great resource, but not a great site. (Metacafe, 2006)
Authorship:
Chairman Brewster Kahle
Point of View or Bias:
None intended. Some of the material has a specific point of view or bias, but the views are not the views of the Internet Archive.
Referral to Other Sources:
Most of the links are internal links as the goal of the website is to be a library of information.
Currency:
Updated Daily
Alexa
Traffic Rank: 208
33,422 Sites Linking In
In the past three months the page views are up 52.1%
Primary Audience is 65+ year old Males.
The load time is Slow at 2.87 seconds. 64% of sides are faster.
Website Grader
Grade is 98/100.
Rank is 59,321
7,340,000 Indexed Pages
Moz Rank of 7.9
163,191 Linking Domains
Traffic Rank Top 0.01%
Google Page Rank
7/10
Etre Accessibility Check
1 Must Fix problem
32 Should Fix problems
1 May Fix problems
- Form elements don't feature labels
- Absolute font sizes are used
- A drop-down menu option must be selected by default
WAVE
Wave has detected 4 accessibility errors
- Form labels are missing
- Image button missing alt text
TwitterGrader
Rank 86,601
8,330 Followers
Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library offering access to millions of free books, movies, and audio files, plus an archive of 150+ billion web pages.
San Francisco, CA
Citations:
"Internet Archive Review." Metacafe. N.p., 8 Dec. 2006. Web. 16 July 2011. <blog.metacafe.com/2006/12/internet-archive-review/>.
"Internet Archive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 July 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Archive>.
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free Books, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine. (1996). Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free Books, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 15, 2011, from http://www.archive.org/index.php
Accessibility Check - Etre. (2004). Etre - Get Results.. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://www.etre.com/tools/accessibilitycheck/
Alexa Internet - Website Information. (1996). Alexa the Web Information Company. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo
Google PageRank Checker - Check Google page rank instantly. (2005). Google PageRank Checker - Check Google page rank of any web pages. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://www.prchecker.info/check_page_rank.php
Twitter Grader | Get Your Twitter Ranking. (2010). Twitter Grader | Get Your Twitter Ranking. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://tweet.grader.com/
WAVE - Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool. (2001). WAVE - Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://wave.webaim.org/
Website SEO Tool | Website Grader. (2006). Website SEO Tool | Website Grader. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://websitegrader.com/
