Historic Web Site Yields 64% Link Failure
Historic Web Site Yields 64% Link Failure
Link check on the historic "Mosaic Communications Corporation" from 1994 site reports 64% of links broken after 14 years.
Many of the original Mosaic websites from 1994 have been unearthed. LinkAlarm reports that 64% of all the links are broken.
For link-rot enthusiasts, this site's report is an interesting statistic given how important the Mosaic browser (and its "What's New" pages) were to the early web content infrastructure.
For link-rot enthusiasts, this site's report is an interesting statistic given how important the Mosaic browser (and its "What's New" pages) were to the early web content infrastructure.
"Netscape is the first Internet tool that lets the average user with a 14.4 kb modem work with the Internet interactively," said Todd Haedrich, principal of Point of Presence Company in Seattle. "It's fast, simple and elegant. The resources that Mosaic Communications provides for its novice users in Netscape, such as the Internet directories, rival any other site on the net for their quality and depth. Netscape will help bring more people on the Internet than any program since the original NCSA Mosaic."