{"id":635876,"date":"2024-09-11T18:16:42","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T15:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/google-search-adds-internet-archives-wayback-machine-links-to-about-this-page\/"},"modified":"2024-09-11T18:16:42","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T15:16:42","slug":"google-search-adds-internet-archives-wayback-machine-links-to-about-this-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-search-adds-internet-archives-wayback-machine-links-to-about-this-page\/","title":{"rendered":"#Google Search adds Internet Archive\u2019s Wayback Machine links to about this page"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 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-6a35a3384060c\" 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-6a35a3384060c\" 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-adds-internet-archives-wayback-machine-links-to-about-this-page\/#This_comes_after_Google_dropped_the_cache_link_from_the_search_results\" >This comes after Google dropped the cache link from the search results.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"This_comes_after_Google_dropped_the_cache_link_from_the_search_results\"><\/span>This comes after Google dropped the cache link from the search results.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"bialty-container\">\nGoogle Search is rolling out a change to its About this page\/result feature where it includes links to the Internet Archive\u2019s Wayback Machine. This enabling searches to view the previous version of a given webpage. <\/p>\n<p>Google added this feature likely because of the complaints about Google removing the cache link from that feature.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Google said. <\/strong>\u201cWe know that many people, including those in the research community, value being able to see previous versions of webpages when available. That\u2019s why we\u2019ve added links to the Internet Archive\u2019s Wayback Machine to our \u2018About this page\u2019 feature, to give people quick context and make this helpful information easily accessible through Search,\u201d a Google spokesperson told us.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How it works. <\/strong>To access this feature, you can click on the three dots near a search result. That will bring up the About this result feature and within there you will be able select \u201cMore About This Page\u201d to reveal a link to the Wayback Machine page for that website.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t see this feature yet but it should be somewhere in this panel when it fully rolls out:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1941\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/09\/google-about-this-page-wayback.png.webp\" alt=\"Google About This Page Wayback\" class=\"wp-image-446468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/09\/google-about-this-page-wayback.png.webp 2048w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/09\/google-about-this-page-wayback-357x338.png.webp 357w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/09\/google-about-this-page-wayback-633x600.png.webp 633w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/09\/google-about-this-page-wayback-119x113.png.webp 119w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/09\/google-about-this-page-wayback-768x728.png.webp 768w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/09\/google-about-this-page-wayback-1536x1455.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong>More details. <\/strong>The Internet Archive is a nonprofit research library that provides and curates a digital archive of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form called the Wayback Machine. Mark Graham, Director, Wayback Machine, Internet Archive <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.archive.org\/2024\/09\/11\/new-feature-alert-access-archived-webpages-directly-through-google-search\/\">wrote<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\n\u201cThe web is aging, and with it, countless URLs now lead to digital ghosts. Businesses fold, governments shift, disasters strike, and content management systems evolve\u2014all erasing swaths of online history. Sometimes, creators themselves hit delete, or bow to political pressure. Enter the Internet Archive\u2019s Wayback Machine: for more than 25 years, it\u2019s been preserving snapshots of the public web. This digital time capsule transforms our \u201cnow-only\u201d browsing into a journey through internet history. And now, it\u2019s just a click away from Google search results, opening a portal to a fuller, richer web\u2014one that remembers what others have forgotten.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Why we care. <\/strong>I use the Wayback machine a lot for my research here and for other work related projects.  Having quick access to these links in Google Search can be more useful for me and searchers.<\/p>\n<p>This should also help with some of the complaints around Google dropping the cache link but it does not resolve the complaints around seeing how Google sees your pages. But for that, you can use the URL Inspection tool in Google Search Console or the rich result testing tool from Google.\n<\/p><\/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\"><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\">\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 technologist and a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. 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