{"id":41991,"date":"2024-02-02T16:03:52","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T21:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=41991"},"modified":"2024-09-25T14:55:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T18:55:19","slug":"google-removes-cache-link-from-search-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/02\/google-removes-cache-link-from-search-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Removes Cache Link From Search Results"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barry Schwartz<\/a> (via Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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Now when you click the three dots for more information for a search result snippet, the cache button is missing.<\/p>\n

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So how do you access the cache? Just Google cache:domain.com<\/tt>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

You can also set up a bookmarklet:<\/p>\n

javascript:location.href='http:\/\/webcache.googleusercontent.com\/search?q=cache:'+document.location.href;<\/pre>\n\n
Jon Porter<\/a>:<\/p>\n
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Danny Sullivan has confirmed<\/a>. “It was meant for helping people access pages when way back, you often couldn’t depend on a page loading,” Sullivan wrote on X. “These days, things have greatly improved. So, it was decided to retire it.”<\/p>\n
The cache feature historically let you view a webpage as Google sees it, which is useful for a variety of different reasons beyond just being able to see a page that’s struggling to load. SEO professionals could use it to debug their sites or even keep tabs on competitors, and it can also be an enormously helpful news gathering tool, giving reporters the ability to see exactly what information a company has added (or removed) from a website, and a way to see details that people or companies might be trying to scrub from the web. Or, if a site is blocked in your region, Google’s cache can work as a great alternative to a VPN.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n
Google has now totally disabled the Google Cache from completely working.  Earlier this year, Google removed the cache link<\/a> from the search result snippets.  Then a couple of weeks ago, added links to the Wayback Machine<\/a>.  Now, the direct link to see the Google Cache has been fully disabled.<\/p>
If you try to go directly to the Google Cache - something I have tried literally every day since Google removed the links from the search results - Google will now show nothing[…]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
Previously:<\/p>\n