See also:
A Longitudinal Study of Web Pages Continued: A Consideration of Document Persistence
informationr.net
Wallace Koehler, Valdosta State University, presents the results of his research, and an overview on existing literature. Published in Information Research, Vol. 9 No. 2, January 2004. (January 1, 2004)
Cool URIs Don't Change
w3.org
An appeal for stability, and advice how to achieve it, by Tim Berners-Lee.
Altertbox: Fighting Linkrot
useit.com
Jakob Nielsen defines the phaenomenon linkrot, and encourages site owners to fight it by reducing outbound linkrot and securing stability of incoming links. (June 14, 1998)
The Availability and Persistence of Web References in D-Lib Magazine
iwaw.net
A study by Frank McCown et al., presented at the 5th International Web Archiving Workshop. [PDF] (September 22, 2005)
Linkrot and Legal Research
slaw.ca
An overview on results of recent research by Ted Tjaden. (August 3, 2005)
All Things Web: How Much Is Too Much?
pantos.org
Results of the third State of the Web Survey (SOWS), an automated web survey that tracks page size and linkrot on the WWW. (May 31, 1999)
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