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Do Evernote clips solve link rot?
I am a writer trying to create a portfolio of my web content over the last 4 yrs from a site that might die soon (why I'm looking for new work now).
My articles look fine cli[pped into in Evernote, and I can make individual article links (under 'sharing') so it's an ideal writing portfolio system, but when the site dies, will evernote links return a 404 message?
- mtmail 12y agoprobably better to post the question in https://discussion.evernote.com/ https://discussion.evernote.com/
- WaltPurvis 12y agoIf I'm understanding you correctly, it's fine to use Evernote for this purpose. When you clip an article from the web, or a selection from a web page, Evernote doesn't just link to the original web site, it creates a wholly new copy of the content in your personal Evernote database. It stores the URL of where the content originally came from, but that's just metadata for your reference/information, and when you share a link to the clipped content you're sharing a link to content stored on Evernote's servers, not the original URL. After you've clipped content into Evernote it makes no difference if the original web site disappears.
- shiftingsands 12y agoYes, you are. Reassuring - thanks! Will do.