How to save what you find online
Unfortunately, while the Web has given a broad platform for spirited public debate and discussion, the information that is generated is always left in perpetuity and is sometimes intentionally deleted to eliminate embarrassment for a party involved. Therefore, it is a good idea if you think there is a pressing need to recall this information in the future to back it up in some way.
There are also other criteria to consider — for instance, do you want to rely on a local back up or a cloud back up? I thought I could rely on a cloud back up service, WebCite, but I was proven wrong.
· Internet Archive/Wayback Machine — https://blog.archive.org/2017/01/25/see-something-save-something/
· Archive.is — http://archive.is/
· Wget — https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/
· Darcy Ripper — http://darcyripper.com/
HTTrack Website Copier — http://www.httrack.com/
Wget, Darcy Ripper, and HTTrack Website copier are more intended for capturing whole webpages/sites or capturing specific file types from those pages (such as PDFs, mp3s, etc). I really like these tools and I find Darcy Ripper is handy when HTTrack is having issues capturing whole websites (for instance, when I sought to download all of Out Here, the promotional magazine for Tractor Supply Company — this is a story for another time).
· Screen Capture Pages (built-in Windows using print screen) — https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-take-a-screenshot-in-any-version-of-windows/
· Save to Google Drive (Chrome add-on) — In newer versions of Chrome, save to Google Drive is now a built in option from the print menu.
· Full Page Screen Capture (Chrome add-on) https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/full-page-screen-capture/fdpohaocaechififmbbbbbknoalclacl?hl=en-US — Similar feature added in the new version of Firefox but it is not as robust and doesn’t produce clean full page screen captures like this one does.
· Snipping Tool https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13776/windows-use-snipping-tool-to-capture-screenshots
· Save as PDF using Browser’s built-in tools (Chrome, Firefox). In Chrome, it is built-in to the printer menu. Print -> Change -> Save as PDF.
