Cloudflare has partnered with the Internet Archive to expand the scope of its Always Online service. Thanks to this partnership, Always Online-enabled sites will now retrieve a copy from the Internet Archive if the original host is unavailable.
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Despite all the advances in technology, server outages are still a thing in 2020 and it even affects tech giants like Google. This is where Cloudflare's Always Online service comes into play. It offers a static backup of web pages so users can continue viewing pages.
The partnership benefits both Cloudflare and The Internet Archive. On the one hand, The Internet Archive's mission is to archive as many web pages as possible, and through this partnership, web pages that enable Cloudflare's Always Online service will be automatically archived.
On the flip side, Cloudflare can access web pages from The Internet Archive, which would otherwise have been impossible and resulted in an error. Personally, I think this is the most effective partnership that has happened this year to make the internet a better place.
