Junkee has launched a website refresh that has effectively wiped the history of the site from the internet.
Numerous writers have taken to social media to complain about links to their work now being met with 404 pages.
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The article should be available on the Internet Archive if they really want them. Publishers have the right to delete content if it’s not helpful from an SEO perspective. They own the content.
So they annoy their writers and tank their SEO. Not going well really is it.
Time Out did the same years ago and never really recovered its search rankings.
Having worked for various digital news sites that have disappeared from the information superhighway at various intervals over the last 20 years, I’m now resigned to the fact it comes with the territory. Redesigns or shutdowns can be annoying, but not half as annoying as freelancers self-absorbed enough to see these sites as their own personal LinkedIn archive. You do the job, you’re paid for the work and you hopefully saved a back-up on your own computer. Move on.
I think the bigger story here is Paramount [the owners of the MTV brand] has wiped 30 years of music history contained in the MTV Archives
Just need watch friendlyjordies reviews on JUNKEE to see what the youth really think