Reference entries (10)
- referenceCANDID REFERENCE: 9-step link-rot mitigation plan — archive on capture, verbatim quote, persistent IDs, quarterly check
- referenceLink rot: NYT external links 1996-2019 show ~15-year half-life; 13% of "live" links no longer point to original content
- referenceCarfax: from 10,000 records faxed in 1986 to 35B+ records across 151,000+ sources — sold to S&P Global Mobility 2022
- referenceReference framework: 10-year cost model — rebuild-every-3-years vs foundation-first (Canadian SMB, CAD)
- referenceReference framework: which website dimensions decay vs compound over 10 years (12-dimension matrix)
- referenceGDS: GOV.UK Design System pages download 2x faster than non-system pages with half the code
- referenceLong-lived sites worth studying: Daring Fireball, Berkshire Hathaway, Craigslist, Pinboard, GOV.UK, Stack Overflow, Wikipedia
- referenceZittrain et al. (Harvard Law 2014): 50% of URLs in U.S. Supreme Court opinions suffer reference rot
- referenceOrbit Media: average website lifespan across Inc 5000 is 2y4mo; under continuous care, 6y4mo
- referenceResearch brief: Built to Last — why most SMB sites rebuild every 3-4 years (piece 5 of 15)
