Google interrupts the backup on the Interneteffectively saying goodbye to cache function. The company’s Search Liaison confirmed the news Danny Sullivanwho commented on the reasons for the decision on X (formerly Twitter).
The use of cache memory, Sullivan explains, was developed for speed up loading times of web pages, at a historical moment in which several Internet sites were slow and heavy.
Today the landscape has definitely changed. THE servers and sites are much more performing and therefore, concludes Sullivan, it is no longer necessary to keep the system active Google cache function.
What is web caching for?
In computer science the cache it’s a specification Hard disk hardware component. It deals with data storage and has the aim of speeding up any future access requests.
To achieve this the cache matches identification tags to data packets. In this way when the user accesses the memory, he relies on the data tags. And the scan these tags it is much faster than that of the data packet in its entirety.
On the web the use of cache functionality has reduced noticeably i loading times of pages and sites, because it prevented the browser from having to download the data every time the user logged in.
What changes without Google cache functionality
The reasons indicated by Danny Sullivan may not be the only ones that are pushing Google to eliminate the cache function. There are in fact several technological and economic aspects to take into consideration.
Running a backup of the web requires the use of many components different hardware and software: starting with web crawlers who have the task of exploring the Internet.
Until we get to devices used for archiving the gigantic amount of information recorded: a number of petabytes of data almost impossible to calculate.
Giving up the cache feature will allow Google to save significantly on management costswithout causing great damage to users.
However, it remains to be understood how tracking and archiving will change of sites and pages. Surely deleting the cache will lead to a weight of information on average higher.
How to continue using Google’s cache feature
In the coming weeks the Google cache function will gradually be discontinued. So users may see it appear or disappear without warning.
However, there is a solution that allows you to create cache links are Internetregardless of whether dedicated buttons or links are displayed.
To do this you need to visit the following address: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:
Remembering to paste a certain number after the colon URL in Google Search. Be careful though: this process could also be disabled in the following weeks.
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