Google Groups Archives for this Usenet newsgroup

This was just posted on the Windows newsgroups, but it applies equally to those on these specialty newsgroups who search before they ask questions. *Google Groups Archives for this Usenet newsgroup*

Paul wrote:

Google Groups stopped adding groups, some time ago.
>
> It has added a ton of its own private groups.
> Which nobody cares about.

Hi Paul,

I often run a search before asking questions, and when researching issues to help answer others, so I've been involved in this for years.

I think your assumption is not quite accurate, as I have been using Google Groups archival links for many years, but I didn't do any explicit research so it's just my "experienced assumption" that Google _does_ add groups.

They're just extremely selective about which groups they bother to add. :) <alt.usage.english>

<news.software.readers>
<alt.free.newsservers>
<comp.text.pdf>
<alt.comp.software.thunderbird>
<alt.comp.software.firefox>
<rec.photo.digital>
<rec.autos.tech>
<alt.home.repair>
<alt.comp.microsoft.windows>
<microsoft.public.windowsxp.general>
<alt.comp.os.windows-11>
<alt.comp.os.windows-10>
<alt.comp.os.windows-8>
<alt.windows7.general>
<alt.msdos.batch>
<alt.os.linux>
<comp.mobile.android>
<comp.mobile.ipad>
<misc.phone.mobile.iphone>
<alt.comp.freeware>
<comp.sys.mac.apps>
<comp.sys.mac.system>
<comp.sys.mac.advocacy>
<alt.internet.wireless>
<sci.electronics.repair>
<sci.geo.satellite-nav>

etc.

It was well before Google changed their archival links to something easy to remember when the "N" archives used exactly those monikers, namely:

etc.

At the time I had used a combination of N archives & google groups links which were the best I could do then to publish web-searchable archives:

(30-character limit) I also had created an easier URL: <alt.comp.os.windows-11> At the time this didn't exist for me to set up etc.

Note these are all so old they link to the now-deprecated Google Groups which had recently been DejaNews archived at that time of formation:

<alt.comp.os.windows-11> At the time this didn't exist for me to set up for Windows 10 for Windows-8 for Windows-7 etc.

Which, after the great reshuffling, currently boil down to the following much easier to remember and logically derived Google Groups search links:

<alt.comp.os.windows-11>

<alt.comp.os.windows-10>
<alt.comp.os.windows-8>
<alt.windows7.general>
etc.

In summary, I "think" Google _does_ add groups when _they_ see fit. They just do NOT see fit to add Windows variants as archived groups.