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If you’re what we like to call a “sophisticated web geek,” you know The Internet Archive well. For those who don’t know, the team behind the aforementioned non-profit digital library has a responsibility to preserve vast amounts of useful data that would otherwise be lost forever.

Whether you’re a simple user who stumbles across dead web pages, or a naturally curious person who just wants to explore web history, the Internet Archive and their awesomeness return machine

Definitely can lend a helping hand.

If Google Chrome is your weapon of choice when browsing the Internet, you can take advantage of a useful extension called the Wayback Machine that lets you view archived versions of any dead web page with just one click.

Small Chrome plugin that constantly checks the Wayback machine for a valid archive of once valid web pages

Like all Chrome extensions, it can be installed from the Chrome Web Store with minimal effort. You should be able to catch a glimpse of its little icon, which is to the right of the Chrome address bar.

Having said that, here’s how it works: every time you visit a site that used to exist, and that site now displays either the annoying “page not found” message or the generally annoying 404 error, the extension automatically checks the Wayback Machine for Is there a valid archive.

If you’re lucky, you’ll see a compact extension-related window that conveniently takes you directly to the latest archived version of the site with a single click.

The easiest way to use the extremely useful Wayback Machine

Just to be as informative as possible, we’ll also mention that this lightweight and useful extension does more than just perform these automatic searches when a 404 error code is detected. In fact, it can also search when dealing with 408, 410, 451, 500, 502, 503, 504, 509, 520, 521, 523, 524, 525, 526 error codes.

All in all, the Wayback Machine is clearly one of the most useful Chrome extensions for web content searchers or everyday users who are always dealing with pages that are no longer available.