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Google Search is losing its 'cached' web page feature (www.engadget.com)
submitted 2 years ago by d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world
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One of Google Search's oldest and best-known features, cache links, are being retired. Best known by the "Cached" button, those are a snapshot of a web page the last time Google indexed it. However, according to Google, they're no longer required.

"It was meant for helping people access pages when way back, you often couldn’t depend on a page loading,” Google's Danny Sullivan wrote. “These days, things have greatly improved. So, it was decided to retire it."

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[-] _number8_@lemmy.world 117 points 2 years ago

of course it is. why have anything good on there, no point reminding me of the old days when the internet was actually fucking useful

[-] Guru_Insights99@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Since when did you use this feature? Please cite a source

[-] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 47 points 2 years ago

Literally yesterday. What source is sufficient to tell you first hand that I used the feature yesterday?

You want proof that it's useful. Go look at waybackmachine. Literally millions of users using a cached web page feature.

[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 years ago

I also literally used it yesterday, mostly because my work has an insanely over the top site blocking situation, and rather then having to input (and likely get a rejection) to allow the site, cached page usually works good and gets me the info I need.

[-] Kite@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago

That is exactly why I use it. I need to access pages for work, our internet security is ridiculously overdone and so many sites don't load... but the cached versions do. Fml

[-] Guru_Insights99@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Photo / visual evidence would be fine, I am not picky. I would just like to be sure you are telling the truth, a lot of fraud on the internet nowadays 😒😒

[-] Welt@lazysoci.al 6 points 2 years ago

Doosh bagg

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago

Please cite a source

[-] Emerald@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I last used the feature to view deleted reddit posts.

Another time I used something similar (the wayback machine) to view long gone websites about a postcard

[-] nixcamic@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

I've used it three times today. Site down, geo-blocked, and a forum post with info I needed deleted.

[-] CrabLangEnjoyer@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Like a couple of times a year at least. Faster and easier than going to the way back machine to get a copy

[-] Resonosity@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

So ignorant, if you've had to do any digital research, you know these tools intimately

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