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Hey Google, I want my cache links back

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Re: Hey Google, I want my cache links back

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Post by ajanuary »

icebraining wrote: post #11
wladimir wrote: post #5

I don't agree this is necessarily bad. Arguably, "view cache" is a feature for power-users that know what they're doing. Moving the cache link into that pop-up did simplify the user interface in the most common case, in which the user just wants to view the real link. It no longer has to be rendered for every result. IMO it just takes some getting used to that the cache link has been moved. Or are you viewing pages f…

Personally, I'm not using the mouse, so any mouse moves are problematic. But I won't demand Google to change just for me, of course.

Actually I'm a little surprised there doesn't seem to be any keyboard shortcuts for invoking the preview.

Re: Hey Google, I want my cache links back

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Post by haasted »

dolinsky wrote: post #27
haasted wrote: post #2

Another thing I find more annoying with the recent changes is that previously visited links are not marked as such any longer. When searching for the solution to a problem, it is quite nice to easily know which pages have already been visited using a different search query.

Previously visited links show up as the default purple for me in Chrome. Maybe it's due to a particular plugin you have installed?

No, I tested in three browsers[1] prior to writing my comment, just to avoid getting caught in something like what you suggest. :) The behaviour seems consistent across all three, independent of whether I'm logged into my Google account or not.

[1] Firefox, Chrome and IE.

Re: Hey Google, I want my cache links back

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Post by Maxious »

acabal wrote: post #29

I thought I was going crazy when I realized the cache links were gone... good to know I wasn't the only one and that they're still there, though hidden (I never click on the preview arrows).

I thought it was some magical new robots.txt line you could use if you hate people trying to read your content.

Re: Hey Google, I want my cache links back

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Post by icebraining »

mike-cardwell wrote: post #12
wgx wrote: post #9

The OP raises a wider point: For the longest time google made good on their promise to keep their search page simple and easy to use. Now, bit by bit the search page is getting more filled up with cruft that you don't need and stuff that you do need gets removed. I am getting a hunch (just a vague feeling) that we might be approaching a time where a new, simpler search experience would pick up a lot of users - maybe…

If you want Googles search results, but without all the interface spaff, use Scroogle: https://ssl.scroogle.org/

I really dislike services like that. Searches cost real money to Google, using them through that is almost stealing, in my opinion. Just use a different search engine.

EDIT: I'd like if someone would reply if they disagree. Do you dispute that each search costs money to Google, or what?

Re: Hey Google, I want my cache links back

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Post by mdwrigh2 »

haasted wrote: post #32
dolinsky wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Previously visited links show up as the default purple for me in Chrome. Maybe it's due to a particular plugin you have installed?

No, I tested in three browsers[1] prior to writing my comment, just to avoid getting caught in something like what you suggest. :) The behaviour seems consistent across all three, independent of whether I'm logged into my Google account or not. [1] Firefox, Chrome and IE.

Interesting. Links show up as purple if visited for me as well.

Re: Hey Google, I want my cache links back

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Post by epi0Bauqu »

masklinn wrote: post #30
udp wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Let's not forget DuckDuckGo. I finally switched around when Google Instant came out, and never feel I'm missing anything.

I feel like I'm missing relevant and useful results a thousand times a day. More and more, DDG is just a !gateway to google.

That's concerning! I'd really appreciate if you could collect a set of specific examples and report at http://duckduckgo.com/feedback.html

That's how we improve fastest. But generally, the way we get results shouldn't result in a lot of stuff actually missing, which may speak to some bugs in there.

Re: Hey Google, I want my cache links back

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Post by jannes »

Just google for

  cache:http://www.example.com/
and it will take you directly to the cached site. This is particularly nice in combination with Chrome's omnibar where you just have to prepend "cache:" before the current URL, hit return, and it will automatically show the cached version of the page you are viewing.

Re: Hey Google, I want my cache links back

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Post by dewiz »

mike-cardwell wrote: post #12
wgx wrote: post #9

The OP raises a wider point: For the longest time google made good on their promise to keep their search page simple and easy to use. Now, bit by bit the search page is getting more filled up with cruft that you don't need and stuff that you do need gets removed. I am getting a hunch (just a vague feeling) that we might be approaching a time where a new, simpler search experience would pick up a lot of users - maybe…

If you want Googles search results, but without all the interface spaff, use Scroogle: https://ssl.scroogle.org/

there is no cache link in there...

Re: Hey Google, I want my cache links back

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Post by Estragon »

guelo wrote: post #23

Another thing that has been annoying me lately is that it seems like like I have to add a + in front of every word or Google might decide without any indication that it will completely ignore it.

intext: and allintext: are useful for this failure, too.

Re: Hey Google, I want my cache links back

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Post by illdave »

One of the things he mentions here is that some sites don't have a cached link at all - it may be because they're explicitly telling Google not to cache the page. You can do that using the noarchive tag, which looks like this:

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