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Google will soon remove the ability to view a cached version of a webpage. The company has already removed the cached links from search, and the "cache:" operator in the URL is the next subject to be killed. While the links have gone, the cache operator still works. It is currently only applicable to web searches and provides users with access to a cached version of a webpage generated by Google.
This allows users to access the content even when the website itself is unavailable. To use this feature, users need to enter "cache:site.com/page.html" in the search box on Google.
One of the advantages then Google cache had, they got some caches who aren't available on the Wayback Machine, Archive.today and GhostArchive. I wonder how long Bing and Yandex will keep that feature?
Cached pages are entirely possible when running one's own crawler. YaCy with caching enabled will keep locally accessible pages from the time they were last indexed.
This is new? I haven't had the ability to view cached versions of webpages from Google for about 5 years, give or take. At least the links. I can still see a few cached lines in the search results, but that is it.
Back in the day it was a very useful tool. Google News results became pretty worthless after they stopped offering a link to cached pages. Often you click on the link to a news story and it just takes you to the homepage for the news site. The article you clicked on is not there. Just other unrelated articles is all you will see.
But I get why they do it. Google has stopped providing relevant links to information you search for. Now they just drive traffic to the websites that pay them, most of them paywalled.
Just another way that Google is downgrading their service.
Great news. I know there were a lot of complaints about this feature. It's good to see Google acknowledging that this is no longer necessary and was not appreciated by customers.
Great news. I know there were a lot of complaints about this feature. It's good to see Google acknowledging that this is no longer necessary and was not appreciated by customers.
Exactly. If the webpages aren't available anymore, there is no need for the cache.
Exactly. If the webpages aren't available anymore, there is no need for the cache.
If you are looking for information on a webpage that is no longer available, then there is a need for the cache. That's the only way you will get that information.
If you are looking for information on a webpage that is no longer available, then there is a need for the cache. That's the only way you will get that information.
If that was the desire, the website would still be up. Google has received a lot of complaints about cached pages... and before when the internet was unreliable, Google argued it was best. Now it's not necessary anymore so they aren't defending it.
If that was the desire, the website would still be up. Google has received a lot of complaints about cached pages... and before when the internet was unreliable, Google argued it was best. Now it's not necessary anymore so they aren't defending it.
The vast majority of webpages are not permanent. News articles are taken down and replaced with newer articles all the time. Sometimes they are only up for a day or two.
Of course Google will argue that it's for the best. They aren't going to come out and say, we aren't making any money from cached pages, so we don't want to provide that service anymore.
The vast majority of webpages are not permanent. News articles are taken down and replaced with newer articles all the time. Sometimes they are only up for a day or two.
Of course Google will argue that it's for the best. They aren't going to come out and say, we aren't making any money from cached pages, so we don't want to provide that service anymore.
News articles are typically taken down by choice. The news organization decides not to host those articles for whatever reason.
That service simply isn't desired. News organizations and other publishers have been telling Google this for years. It's not new. Google only just started listening to their customers.
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