Was this the real Web? Quantitative overview of the Polish ccTLD Internet Archive data (1996–2001)

Abstract

This article is an attempt to build a quantitative panorama of the Polish country code top-level domain (ccTLD) in the years 1996–2001 on the basis of data generously provided by the Internet Archive. The purpose of analyzing over 72 million captures is to show that these resources have limited potential in reconstructing the early Polish Web. The availability of historical Web resources and tools for their easy exploration in no way determines their potential value and usefulness in research, even if we do not have access to alternative sources.

Keywords

• internet archive
• polish web
• historical web resources
• polska domena krajowa
• zasoby historyczne www