{"id":3485,"date":"2021-12-07T07:14:12","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T07:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostingseekers.com\/blog\/?p=3485"},"modified":"2025-03-07T06:33:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T06:33:45","slug":"what-is-google-cache","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostingseekers.com\/blog\/what-is-google-cache\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Google Cache And How Does It Work?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Launching your new website? Well, Google bots will find it, <\/span>eventually<\/span><\/i>.\u00a0<\/span>
\nAll thanks to its smart database, <\/span>Google cache.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

According to the sources Google uses crawlers to scan content on websites.<\/b> But, this is not the only job of Google. It also records and stores all scanned web pages in a database on its servers, which is called Google Cache.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In this blog, we will talk about Google cache, its significance, and how to remove it, if needed.\u00a0<\/span>Let\u2019s get started.<\/p>\n

What is Google Cache?\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n

Google web crawlers are on the constant lookout for new & updated web pages. When they index any particular pages, they make a backup of these pages and store them in a unified database, called <\/span>Google cache<\/span><\/i>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In other words, Google cache is an HTML backup of the content taken at a certain point or during a site\u2019s indexing. These cached pages are <\/span>stored as a backup and can be retrieved later<\/span> for different purposes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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How Can You View Google Cached Pages?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Next, you would want to know how you can view your site\u2019s cached pages. So, here we go.<\/span><\/p>\n

You can view page versions using Google cache either manually or through extensions.<\/span><\/p>\n

1. View Page Versions Through Google Search<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Step 1:<\/strong> In the Google search, type the website URL you want to view page versions for. In this case, we are doing it for <\/span>hostingseekers.com<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Step 2:<\/strong> On the Google search results page, you will see the URL hostingseekers.com. Click on the three dots to the right of the URL, as shown in the image below.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"HostingSeekers\"<\/p>\n

Step 3:<\/strong> On clicking the three dots, a pop-up will appear on the screen. Click on \u201ccached\u201d<\/strong> on it. This will redirect you to the cached version of the HostingSeekers website.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"hostingseekers<\/p>\n

Step 4:<\/strong> Check out the banner on the top of the page. It contains the date and time when the snapshot was taken and a link to get back to the current page.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"google<\/p>\n

Alternatively, you can type the syntax, \u201ccache: URL\u201d in the Google search bar to get the cached version of the website\/page you want. For example, on typing Cache:hostingseekers.com in the search bar, you will be redirected to the same page, as we just discussed above.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2. View page versions through Google Cache Checker<\/b><\/h3>\n

You can find different tools online for the same, like the <\/span>Small SEO Tools.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

\"Cache<\/p>\n

\"small<\/p>\n

On clicking the \u201ccheck Google Cache\u201d<\/strong> button, the tool will display the result (see image below). The result will have a cache URL and a link to access the cached version of the page.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Note: With this tool, you can check up to 5 URLs for their cache.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"google<\/p>\n

<\/b>3. Other Tools to View Google Cache\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n

Below are two Google cache viewer tools you might like:<\/strong><\/p>\n