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  "description": "Robert Birming published an interesting short blog post titled Where do blogs go when they die? He noted having noticed that many blog posts shared in recent years by participants in his Junited initiative are no more. From the outset, I agree with Mr. Birming that bloggers can end their blogs at any time and...",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-10T01:19:35.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "blogging",
    "internet archive",
    "junited",
    "online preservation",
    "static hosting",
    "wayback machine",
    "wordpress plugin",
    "Junited 2026"
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  "textContent": "Robert Birming published an interesting short blog post titled Where do blogs go when they die? He noted having noticed that many blog posts shared in recent years by participants in his Junited initiative are no more. From the outset, I agree with Mr. Birming that bloggers can end their blogs at any time and may have good reasons for wanting to remove them from the internet instead of preserving them. Having granted that much, the post inspired me to think about ways to preserve a blog after sunsetting it. One method is to ensure that posts are saved in the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine (or similar initiatives such as Ghostarchive), which is something I already do (if you use WordPress, I highly recommend the Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer plugin). However, save for limited cases, Wayback Machine preservation will not ensure that links to the sunsetted blog will continue to work. Someone who kills a blog may understandably be disinclined to continue paying for hosting, but provided they are willing to hold the blog’s domain (assuming arguendo they use a custom domain), free hosting options is an interesting topic. For example, were I to sunset this site or The New Leaf Journal (perish the thought) but were willing to hold the domains, I could look into porting my “content” to a free or low cost service (e.g., Bearblog, which Mr. Birming uses, or to a static website and host such as GitHub/GitLab/Codeberg Pages) where it could live on with the same URLs with little-to-no maintenance. Perhaps someone should look into starting a low-cost service for keeping defunct blogs online with their custom domains and URL structures preserved.",
  "title": "Giving Defunct Blogs Proper Burials",
  "updatedAt": "2026-06-10T03:05:14.000Z"
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