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How to search old versions of web pages, e.g., YouTube videos?

Web Applications Asked by LifeInTheTrees on December 1, 2021

3 days ago, Google changed the HTML of YouTube to not include the words “like 132” “dislike 10” etc. Now the ratings values of videos are encrypted in unsearchable buttons:

<img src="https://s.ytimg.com/yts/img/pixel-vfl3z5WfW.gif" class="yt-uix-button-icon yt-uix-button-icon-watch-like yt-sprite" alt="I like this"></span><span class="yt-uix-button-content">238,315 </span></button>

I had a Google Search hack for YouTube: I would search:

"like 100..200" "dislike 0..2" Moog site:youtube.com

I loved typing that phrase as I found some truly amazing results using it that I could never find using YouTube’s awkward “ratings filter”.

However, Google has now changed YouTube and purged Google search of all old YouTube pages.

How can I search old versions so I can do my YouTube ratings search hack?

One Answer

To search for old versions of webpages you should use a search engine that index archived web pages like https://archive.org/advancedsearch.php.

Example of search query for youtube web pages: collection:(youtube.com) AND mediatype:(web)

Answered by Rubén on December 1, 2021

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