Some ideas on how to make PURLs work better:
The server caches the underlying page (updating it as needed) so the PURL shows up in the browser and the page remains persistent even after the site is gone.
I don't get it. Ask Eric Miller.
When a PURL goes dead it tries to find the new page via Google. Problems ocurr when the page changes significantly (like a homepage move across two different companies).
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