Show HN: Archive Your Website for Free
mysitearchive.com
mysitearchive.com
> No offense but there's no way someone's gonna pay to get their website archived when Wayback Machine is free and you can run performance tests on some free tools available
The problem (in my opinion) with the Wayback Machine is that you have no control over if or when your site is archived. Plus, the Wayback Machine does not archive DNS records or Lighthouse Scores. I'm hoping that makes my product more enticing, but we'll see.
> If I'm gonna archive my website, I'll just keep the source code on a different storage media and I don't have to pay a dime. Nice project though. Keep going
I'm getting the sense that most developers would never really use this service, since they're probably using Git and have backups.
I'm hoping that this service will be more valuable for agencies and small businesses who just want to have simple snapshots of their sites and can't reply on a a developer for help.
- Steve Polito
Why not try re-submitting your post/project as "Archive your website for 14 days - free of charge.”
Also, only 10x sites and each site is limited to 10x pages that would probably disappear the moment the money runs out or you decide to pull the plug on it vs the Internet Archive offering. Seriously?
Also, in what way(s) is your* project better than the Wayback Machine as stated in your previous submission? The Site FAQ fails to answer that.
I seriously feel that perhaps I am being a bit too harsh here but if something hasn’t gained traction even after submitting it 6x times has got to tell you something.
(*I'm guessing that since you have submitted this same site six times already that it is your project but please correct me if I'm wrong).
Fair point. Admittedly I used a more "click bait" title i hopes that people would actually take a look compared to my previous posts. It seemed to work though, since this post got the most engagement.
> Also, only 10x sites and each site is limited to 10x pages that would probably disappear the moment the money runs out or you decide to pull the plug on it vs the Internet Archive offering. Seriously?
I'm limiting it to 10x10 in order to keep my hosting and storage prices low while I try and get paying customers. I plan on expanding this once I get some paying customers (fingers crossed).
> Also, in what way(s) is your* project better than the Wayback Machine as stated in your previous submission? The Site FAQ fails to answer that.
The Internet Archive is great, but it's not perfect. You have no control over when or if your website is crawled (as far as I know) and it doesn't offer DNS archives and Lighthouse Audits.
Good point though, I should add this to the FAQ. Thanks for the tip!
> I seriously feel that perhaps I am being a bit too harsh here but if something hasn’t gained traction even after submitting it 6x times has got to tell you something.
All good! And yes, I've submitted this multiple times. It might just be that HN is not the best audience for this.
I know this product can work, since there are already a few other products in this space. And if it fails, I learned a lot in the process.
Feel free to look the source code: https://github.com/stevepolitodesign/my_site_archive
- Steve Polito