Google will no longer back up the Internet: Cached webpages are dead
Google will no longer back up the Internet: Cached webpages are dead
Google Search will no longer make site backups while crawling the web.
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i used to look at cached pages all the time. it was particularly useful if the current version of the page was different to Google's cached version, or if the page was down. then the button to open the cached page disappeared without explanation. one of the many ways that Google search now is worse than it was 20 years ago
Also helpful for pages that try to hide parts they let the search engine index behind a paywall when it’s a human visitor. Like the notorious expertsexchange before it got usurped by stackoverflow.
Expert sex change?
it would have been a much better website if that were the case.
Or getting around geoblocking. Very annoying. It's also unnecessary to shut down everything because some countries have reasonable privacy protection. Don't snoop on your visitors and you have nothing to worry about. I'm sorry the US policy is written by and for marketing tech companies