Google News Archive link is dead

[victor steinbok]

GNA has been flaky for a long time now--Google tried different variation on
the search configurations, which results in all sorts of problems. One thing
that's been gone but made a reappearance in a different place is the link to
archive search on the regular news search page. The archives link used to be
right below the search bar, but now it's in the left-hand column--and, for a
few weeks, it was gone completely. The same with the link to GNA from other
Google sites. My guess is that your link overdetermines some parameter which
is lost when it's redirected. But if you access it directly, without going
through old links, it's no problem.

VS-)

On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 5:50 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> I just tried it. No problems.
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> JL
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> On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 5:06 PM, Garson O'Toole
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> > Subject:      Google News Archive link is dead
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> > My link to the Google News Archive is being redirected to another
> > Google search page.  Previous news from Google in May reported that
> > the archive was no longer being updated. Now it may have been taken
> > offline.
> >
> > Here is a blog post from someone who has experienced an inability to
> > reach the Google News Archive today:
> > http://themoderatevoice.com/119892/wither-google-news-archive/
> >
> > Here is a tweet about the dead link:
> > @Slow_News_Day Patrick Flanary
> > Looks like @Google News Archive has bit the dust. The link is dead.
> > RIP, my favorite site. #googlenewsarchive
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