{"id":607021,"date":"2024-02-02T00:06:30","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T21:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/google-search-officially-retires-cache-link\/"},"modified":"2024-02-02T00:06:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T21:06:30","slug":"google-search-officially-retires-cache-link","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-search-officially-retires-cache-link\/","title":{"rendered":"#Google Search officially retires cache link"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2947e00d826\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2947e00d826\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-search-officially-retires-cache-link\/#Google_might_add_links_to_the_Wayback_Machine_in_place_of_the_cache_link\" >Google might add links to the Wayback Machine in place of the cache link.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Google_might_add_links_to_the_Wayback_Machine_in_place_of_the_cache_link\"><\/span>Google might add links to the Wayback Machine in place of the cache link.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"bialty-container\">\nGoogle officially removed the cache link from the Google Search results snippets last week and Google confirmed that it will remove the cache functionality completely in the near future.  Danny Sullivan, Google\u2019s Search Liaison told us that Google has \u201cdecided to retire it\u201d and removed it from the Google Search result pages and will soon remove the cache completely.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cache removed. <\/strong>Around January 25th I <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seroundtable.com\/google-search-drops-cache-link-from-search-results-36787.html\">reported<\/a> on the Search Engine Roundtable that the cache link was removed from the search results snippet. As you can see from this screenshot, the cache link is completely missing:<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1038259\/SEL_Post-text --><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1693000027709-0\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"post-break\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1543\" height=\"1161\" alt=\"Google Cache Link Gone 1706180510\" class=\"wp-image-437124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/02\/google-cache-link-gone-1706180510.png 1543w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/02\/google-cache-link-gone-1706180510-449x338.png.webp 449w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/02\/google-cache-link-gone-1706180510-797x600.png.webp 797w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/02\/google-cache-link-gone-1706180510-150x113.png.webp 150w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/02\/google-cache-link-gone-1706180510-768x578.png.webp 768w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/02\/google-cache-link-gone-1706180510-1536x1156.png 1536w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 1543px) 100vw, 1543px\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/02\/google-cache-link-gone-1706180510.png\"><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1543\" height=\"1161\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/02\/google-cache-link-gone-1706180510.png\" alt=\"Google Cache Link Gone 1706180510\" class=\"wp-image-437124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/02\/google-cache-link-gone-1706180510.png 1543w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/02\/google-cache-link-gone-1706180510-449x338.png.webp 449w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/02\/google-cache-link-gone-1706180510-797x600.png.webp 797w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/02\/google-cache-link-gone-1706180510-150x113.png.webp 150w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/02\/google-cache-link-gone-1706180510-768x578.png.webp 768w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/02\/google-cache-link-gone-1706180510-1536x1156.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1543px) 100vw, 1543px\"><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Cache operator works for now\u2026 <\/strong>But the cache operator currently works, at least for the time being. Google [cache:domain.com] \u2013 so for example, this site \u2013 you can search for [<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=cache:seroundtable.com\">https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=cache:seroundtable.com<\/a>] and the cache will work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cache operator will stop working. <\/strong>But Google said this too will be retired and stop working. \u201cYou\u2019re going to see cache: go away in the near future, too,\u201d Sullivan <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/searchliaison\/status\/1753156161509916873\">wrote<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Noarchive. <\/strong>Google said you can keep the noarchive tags there, Google will still respect it.  Sullivan wrote, \u201cBut wait, I hear you ask, what about noarchive? We\u2019ll still respect that; no need to mess with it. Plus, others beyond us use it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wayback machine instead. <\/strong>Sullivan added that he would like to see Google add links to the Wayback Machine so users can get access to the archived versions of those pages.  \u201cPersonally, I hope that maybe we\u2019ll add links to @internetarchive from where we had the cache link before, within About This Result. It\u2019s such an amazing resource. For the information literacy goal of About The Result, I think it would also be a nice fit \u2014 allowing people to easily see how a page changed over time. No promises. We have to talk to them, see how it all might go \u2014 involves people well beyond me. But I think it would be nice all around,\u201d Sullvian wrote.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why we care. <\/strong>While the cache is not a good use for debugging SEO issues, it has become a defacto tool for many SEOs and searchers over the years.  But Google decided it is time for it to go and we will have to find alternatives. <\/p>\n<p>The <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/web\/\">Wayback Machine<\/a> is an excellent way to see older versions of specific URLs, and it is free.\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"about-author\">\n    About the author<\/p>\n<div class=\"information\">\n<div class=\"author-module\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-3 text-center\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid rounded-circle avatar-border\" alt=\"Barry Schwartz\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/images\/authors\/BarrySchwartz-lg.jpg\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid rounded-circle avatar-border\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/images\/authors\/BarrySchwartz-lg.jpg\" alt=\"Barry Schwartz\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\"><\/noscript>\n                                            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-9\">\n<div class=\"about\">\n<div class=\"name\">\n                            <strong>Barry Schwartz<\/strong>\n                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"row g-2 pt-2\">\n<div class=\"col-auto twitter\">\n                                    <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/follow?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fsearchengineland.com%2F&amp;region=follow_link&amp;screen_name=rustybrick&amp;tw_p=followbutton&amp;variant=2.0\" aria-label=\"opens in a new tab\"><i class=\"fab fa-x-twitter\"><\/i><\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n<div class=\"col-auto\">\n                                    <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rustybrick\" aria-label=\"opens in a new tab\"><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin\"><\/i><\/a>\n                                <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                        Barry Schwartz is a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. 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