Google Cache

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Michael

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Google Cache is a snapshot of a web page that when it was last crawled & indexed by Google Bot, the crawler of Google search engine.
Command to check cache of a site is:
cache:abc.com
 
An alternative would be the WayBackMachine, which allows you to retrieve caches from even 10 years ago on the right website. Great if you're trying to retrieve information on a website which doesn't exist anymore.
 
The cache command which Michael have mentioned will only show the last cache of website Google have but can not show the back caches. The way back machine DarkRepulser have mentioned is a better way to get cache of a website how it looked in the past.
 
It's also useful to note that you can instruct Google to not cache your site or individual pages/files on your site. You just need to add <META NAME=”ROBOTS” CONTENT=”NOARCHIVE” /> to the header of the pages on your site that you don't want indexed. Sometimes if you have time sensitive information, or need to remove something from your site for legal reasons, it's helpful to keep Google from caching your pages so someone can't look up an older copy of them.

The Wayback Machine is similar, but I've noticed that it ignores stuff like javacript and flash when creating archives of your sites.
 
cache:example.com has been stopped long back and now you cannot check the cache by typing this. You just need to put your website on google and you can see the green button (triangle shape) after the url then you can click and checked the cache..
 
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