Throw it on the pile. killedbygoogle.com
Google Cache Is Now Fully Dead.
Submitted 3 months ago by 101@feddit.org to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-cache-dead-38112.html
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Cenotaph@mander.xyz 3 months ago
infeeeee@lemm.ee 3 months ago
PR open since February: github.com/codyogden/killedbygoogle/pull/1481
_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Google sure does love killing things people love.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 months ago
“Introducing Google Pets”
Noooooooo!!!
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 3 months ago
A partnership with Delta.
GooberEar@lemmy.wtf 3 months ago
I definitely miss the cached pages. I found that I was using the feature very frequently. Maybe it’s just the relative obscurity of some of my hobbies and interests, but a lot of the information online that shows up in search engines seems to come from old forums. Often times those old forums are no longer around or have migrated to new software (obliterating the old URLs and old posts as well).
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 3 months ago
If you’re looking for a replacement, there are a lot of similar apps out there you can host yourself (And therefore can’t be killed) or pay a fee to have hosted for you.
linkwarden.app Is the one I use.
oldfart@lemm.ee 3 months ago
That’s not the same at all. Archivebox would do the trick if it was pre-populated with every page Google Search has in its index.
wewbull@feddit.uk 3 months ago
…and everybody was shocked! Absolutely shocked.
General_Effort@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Shocked? You’d think all the people outraged at having their websites scraped would be delighted. That’s probably the real reason for this.
TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 3 months ago
google is just gonna slowly fade away like some bad early sci-fi teleporter schtick
WoahWoah@lemmy.world 3 months ago
It’s a 2-trillion-dollar company, I think news of their coming demise has been exaggerated.
RustyNova@lemmy.world 3 months ago
At least they are using the internet archive, which is neat
quant@leminal.space 3 months ago
Another piece of internet history now gone. Perhaps not deleted, but hidden beneath Goggle’s own archives until they degrade away.
OutrageousUmpire@lemmy.world 3 months ago
What a disgrace. This clown show of a company kills things people love and pushes advertising no one wants.
urquell@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Google cache?
frezik@midwest.social 3 months ago
They used to have a “cache” link on search results. It occasionally came in handy when the original site was down or changed their link or something.
WindyRebel@lemmy.world 3 months ago
It was a tool to see what Google has cached, to check web pages for changes based on Google’s last access.
It also had a nice habit of bypassing those pop-ups that would prevent scrolling. 😂
bassomitron@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I was super annoyed when they first took away the links. “Pages are more dependably available now,” is such a lazy excuse. Storing the cached content probably wasn’t even that expensive for them, as it didn’t retain anything beyond basic html and text. Their shitty AI-centric web search was likely the main reason for getting rid of it.