Cached Page

A cached page is a version of a web page that has been saved by a search engine’s crawlers. When a user performs a search, the search engine may serve up the cached page if the original page is slow to load or if the user wants to view a snapshot of the page as it appeared when it was last crawled.

Importance in SEO

Cached pages can be important for SEO because they provide insight into how search engines view and index your content.

They can also be useful for checking if a page has been indexed properly and for viewing the content as it was when it was last crawled.

Example

If you search for “site:example.com” in Google, you might see a list of your site’s pages with the option to “Cached” next to each result.

Clicking on “Cached” will show you the version of the page that Google has stored.

Do

• Regularly check the cached pages of your site to ensure that the content is accurately represented and that there are no indexing issues.
• Use the cache to identify and fix issues with page content or structure that might be affecting SEO.
• Take advantage of the cache to view how your page looked at the time of the last crawl, which can be useful for tracking changes and updates.

Don’t

• Rely solely on the cache for monitoring your site’s performance, as it only provides a snapshot in time.
• Make significant changes to your site based solely on the information in the cache, as it may not reflect the current state of your website.
• Assume that the cache is always up-to-date; search engines may take time to recrawl and update their cache.