How To See Google's Cache For Any Page

How To See Google's Cache For Any Page

Google recently removed the "cache" link from SERPs. But you can easily see Google's cache for any page with simple JavaScript. Check out below!

The missing "cache" link makes it a bit more difficult to see how Google indexes and caches a page. Folks at Google have said using the URL inspect tool in Search Console is a better way to do this type of analysis. I think they are right, but that only works if you have access to the site's GSC account. Which makes things like competitive analysis or troubleshooting impossible.

But anyone can still access Google's cache and I am going to show you how...

How To A Create JavaScript Bookmark For Google Cache

  1. Open up your browser's Bookmark Manager.
  2. Add new bookmark.
  3. In the name field put anything you want like "See Cache".
  4. Instead of putting a URL into the URL field, paste the following JavaScript instead:

javascript: (() => { window.open('https://www.google.com/search?strip=1&q=cache:%27+window.location.href,%20%27_blank%27);%20})();        

That's it! When you want to see Google's cache for a page, just visit the page in your browser and then open your new bookmark you just created. It will take you to the page's cache in Google's index.

Christy Carduff

Recruiting Manager | Focused on Positive Culture Change

1 年

Thank you Joe ??

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Chris Brooks

Senior SEO Manager

1 年

This sadly seems to no longer work, take you to a Google 404 error

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Isabelle MATHIEU

?? Expert social media ? 14 ans exp | Employee advocacy, intelligence artificielle, influence marketing | Conférencier ? Consultant ? Formateur | Transformation digitale, tech, réseaux sociaux, IA ? Emarketinglicious.fr

1 年

Really nice hack. Thanks Joe !

Mike Roberts

Founder and CEO at SpyFu and RivalFlow AI | Optimize Existing Content with AI

1 年

Nice one, Joe! I’d bet a lightweight chrome extension that simply puts the cache links back in the serp would get some installs, too.

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Friedemann Holland

VP of Global Marketing | Head of Sustainability at PeoplePath. Leveraging many years of marketing experience to promote PeoplePath's best-in-class technology while also leading the company's sustainability initiatives.

1 年

Thanks for sharing. Might be useful sometimes, Harry Semerjian ??

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