Google Killed the Cached Page View in Feb 2024. Here’s How I Replaced It

说明与用途

Google 删除了缓存功能，破坏了 SEO、新闻和 OSINT 的工作流程。解决方案是 NexGenData Google Cache Viewer 角色，它自动查询 archive.today 和 Wayback，处理 URL 变体，并返回元数据和提取文本。

问题

Google removed the cache: operator and cached link, breaking workflows that relied on quick access to archived page snapshots for SEO, journalism, OSINT, support, and litigation.

结果

The workflow restores a reliable "show me what this page looked like" capability by automatically querying archive.today and Wayback, handling URL variants, and providing rich metadata and extracted text, effectively replacing Google’s removed cache feature.

工作流

• 1. Identify the URL to inspect.
• 2. Send a POST request to the NexGenData Google Cache Viewer actor API with the URL, preferredSource set to "archive_today", fallbackToWayback true, and extractText true.
• 3. The actor queries archive.today for the URL (https, http, www variants, with/without trailing slash).
• 4. If no hit, it queries Wayback with the same variants.
• 5. Upon first successful match, the actor returns snapshot URL, timestamp, source, extracted text, title, meta description, word count, and attempted variants.
• 6. If no archive contains the page, the response indicates found:false and lists all attempted variants.

证据

Google’s Danny Sullivan confirmed on X that the cache: operator and the "Cached" link in search results were being permanently removed.

来源

The actor implements a fallback chain: archive.today first, then Wayback, handling scheme variants automatically.

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