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'''Webpage archive''', formerly known as '''archive.today''', and know also known as '''archive.is''', is a [[web archiving]] website from {{tag|Europe}}, similar to the '''Internet Archive WaybackMachine''' at [[Archive.org]].  Its URL is <tt>https://archive.is</tt>, formerly at <tt><nowiki>https://archive.today</nowiki></tt>
'''<big>archive.today</big> – webpage capture''' — found at its URL: <tt>https://archive.is</tt>, and previously known as '''Webpage archive''' (oddly formerly at <tt><nowiki>https://archive.today</nowiki></tt>!, which now redirects to <tt>https://archive.fo</tt>), is a [[web archiving]] service website from {{tag|Europe}}.


'''archive.is''' differs from Archive.org in that it does not provide active follow-on links, and claims that ''"Saved pages will have no active elements and no scripts, so they keep you safe as they cannot have any popups or malware!"''  In effect, {{tag|archived}} URLs on archive.is are saved as a single flat page; whereas on Archive.org, they still contain live internet links (within Archive.org).
'''archive.is''' is similar to the [[Archive.org]]-hosted '''Internet Archive WaybackMachine'''.  However, archive.is differs from Archive.org in that it does not provide active follow-on 'in-page' links (URLs and / or [[wikilink]]s).  Furthermore, archive.is claims that ''"Saved pages will have no active elements and no scripts, so they keep you safe as they cannot have any popups or malware!"''  In effect, {{tag|archived}} URLs on archive.is are saved as a single 'flat' page; whereas on Archive.org, they still contain live internet links (within Archive.org).


One feature of archive.is is that saved pages are available under a shortened URL link, similar to goo.gl and bit.ly.  Another feature is that it saves both a textual snapshot, and a graphical image snapshot of the archived page.
One {{tag|GreatFeature|feature}} of archive.is is that saved pages are available under a shortened URL link, similar to goo.gl and bit.ly.  Another feature is that it saves both a textual snapshot, ''and'' a graphical image snapshot of the archived page.


;Links
;External links
*[https://archive.is/faq archive.is FAQ]
*[https://archive.is/faq archive.is FAQ]
*[http://blog.archive.is/archive archive.is blog archive]
*[http://blog.archive.is/archive archive.is blog archive]