Thread: Google Cache

Hello everyone I'm from Brazil my names is Diogo, first I apologize if I'm citing an issue that was discussed here and for my bad English. I've a doubt: Google uses the cached User's machine in their results and pagerank?
Thanx!
Regards!

not really - they dont use cached results... BUT they do use cookie based browsing history to provide "improved" recommendations.

for instance, I search for "seo forum" a few times a day, and always click to this site, which is really in 4th place, now I see it in 2nd place - is it REALLY there? NO - google are just displaying it in this position as they feel it is a better result for me..

Martin thank you for reply, I saw that Google really do that. But I never received information proving this case.
You have a document that proves that?
I'm work for a famous Newspapper in Brazil, in Web Marketing Dept. We do SEO analyses for some customers advertisers and this issue appeared for a while but nobody had an answer.
Thanx.
Regards!

Sure thing, check this link out on google.com which explains it all, and also turns you how to deactivate it.

please note that you can (as far as I know) only deactivate it on a search by search basis, which is a total pain....
http://www.google.co.uk/searchdetail...e&ved=0CAQQrQE

Let me know if that link doesnt work, and I will post a screenshot..

cheers

Google takes a snapshot of each page it examines and caches (stores) that version as a back-up. The cached version is what Google uses to judge if a page is a good match for your query.

Practically every search result includes a Cached link. Clicking on that link takes you to the Google cached version of that web page, instead of the current version of the page. This is useful if the original page is unavailable because of:

* Internet congestion
* A down, overloaded, or just slow website
* The owner’s recently removing the page from the Web

Sometimes you can access the cached version from a site that otherwise require registration or a subscription.

Hi there,

Cached pages on Google are basically old snapshots of pages. There are cached views of most major sites.