How to Prevent or remove cached pages from Google
Google automatically takes a “snapshot” of each page it crawls and archives it. This “cached” version allows a webpage to be retrieved for your end users if the original page is ever unavailable (due to temporary failure of the page’s web server). The cached page appears to users exactly as it looked when Google last crawled it, and we display a message at the top of the page to indicate that it’s a cached version. Users can access the cached version by choosing the “Cached” link on the search results page.
Here is a print screen of Google Cached Page:
To prevent all search engines from showing a “Cached” link for your site, place this tag in the <HEAD> section of your page:
<META NAME=”ROBOTS” CONTENT=”NOARCHIVE”>
To allow other search engines to show a “Cached” link, preventing only Google from displaying one, use the following tag:
<META NAME=”GOOGLEBOT” CONTENT=”NOARCHIVE”>
Note: This tag only removes the “Cached” link for the page. Google will continue to index the page and display a snippet.
Ayush Kumar a leading SEO Specialist and a part of seo expert – SEObyExpert.com
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