Page Archiving
Frozen, readable copies of saved pages — safe from link rot.
Page Archiving captures a clean, readable copy of a page at the moment you save it. If the original goes 404, gets paywalled, or quietly changes its content, your saved version stays exactly as you remembered.
Why archive?
- Link rot. Roughly a quarter of links on the public web break within a few years. Archives mean a dead URL does not mean lost knowledge.
- Silent edits. Articles get updated, paywalled, or rewritten. The version you save is the version you keep.
- Offline reading. Archived pages can be opened without a network round-trip.
What gets captured
LinkVolv stores a clean, reader-formatted copy of the page’s text content along with images that are part of the article body. Archives are designed for legibility, not pixel-perfect reproduction — they look like a clean reader-mode rendering, not a screenshot of the page chrome.
Reader mode, not snapshot
Reading an archive
Open any Bookmark with an archive and click Read archive. The clean version opens in the reader pane next to the bookmark’s metadata. You can:
- Switch between the live URL and the archived copy
- Copy the archive contents as Markdown
- Open the original URL in a new tab
Archives and search
Archived content is part of the search index, so even if a page goes offline its body content remains searchable. The has:archive filter restricts results to bookmarks with a usable archived copy.
Storage and retention
- Free — no archival storage. Bookmarks save their summary and key points only.
- Pro — 100 GB of cloud storage for archived pages.
- Lifetime Plus — 100 GB retained permanently across the lifetime of your account.
What is not captured
- Pages behind authentication or paywalls — only the public preview is captured.
- Heavy JavaScript apps that render content client-side after a user action (the crawler renders the page, but cannot complete flows like “click to read”).
- Embedded video, interactive widgets, and login-gated comments.