|
|
Article: Taking care of `orphan' Web sites
- Article from:
- New Straits Times
- Article date:
- October 13, 2003
- Author:
CopyrightProvided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
Chandra Devi
New Straits Times
10-13-2003
Taking care of `orphan' Web sites
Byline: Chandra Devi
Edition: Computimes; 2*
Section: Notebook
HEARD of ghost Web sites? Well, these are Web sites that lurk on long after the owners or companies have passed on.
Companies closing business often forget about shutting down their Web sites and personal Web sites, so they stay on the Net even after the owners are dead.
Running on auto-pilot, information on these sites could be outdated and definitely not updated because there is no longer human intervention.
Some people call this littering the World Wide Web, which is akin to filling up the Earth with garbage.
Some abandoned sites go on until the host ...