Sep 25, 2024 10:50:00

Finally, Google search cache service is completely discontinued

It has been reported that the cache provided by Google in its search service has been completely deleted. When the links to the cache were deleted in early 2024, the cache page viewing function using search operators remained, but it is no longer viewable.

Google Cache Is Now Fully Dead

https://www.seroundtable.com/google-cache-dead-38112.html

Google previously included a link to the cache in the 'About This Result' menu that appears in search results, but the link disappeared around late January 2024.

Google finally ends cached search results page - GIGAZINE

At the time, a Google Search representative explained about the cached pages, 'These were created to help people find pages when we couldn't rely on them loading. We've made significant improvements in recent years, so we've decided to retire them.'

Google also announced that it would soon remove the cache that can be viewed by entering the search operator 'cache:' and the URL, and this feature has now been removed as promised.

Below is a cache of https://gigazine.net/ stored by Google as of February 2024.

However, at the time of writing, even if you enter 'cache:https://gigazine.net/', no results will be displayed.

Search Engine Roundtable, a forum summary site called Search Engine Marketing, searches 'cache:seroundtable.com' every day in preparation for the day the cache disappears, and the cache function was deleted sometime in the 12 hours before the article was published on September 24, 2024 at 6:00 (Eastern Time).

As an alternative, Google will provide a link to the Wayback Machine in the About This Result menu.

You can now view archived web pages from the Internet Archive directly from Google Search - GIGAZINE