Link to Non-Cached Pages SEO article updated August 2014. Found this excellent SEO question on a newsgroup “Re: should I reject non-cached sites?” regarding linking to non-cached pages: specifically when a reciprocal link partners links page isn’t cached in Google. Reciprocal Links to Non-Cached Pages I run a modest linking scheme on my website and have always had a policy that we would only link to sites that are cached in Google. I’m not so fussy about PageRank at the moment as our link pages are not all ranked. I’ve had a number of link requests from sites that look pretty well set up but the link page is not cached in Google. Am I right to reject these as […]
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Nice post.
It’s worth pointing out that being cached and indexed are not the same thing. I have a few websites where I’ve removed all the pages from Google’s cache yet all pages remain in their index. The links still count, as long as the page is indexed.
I agree though, that in general it’s a better plan to look for both cached and indexed pages, just to be on the safe side.
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Defenitely a nice post. I also agree and i also think it is critical to look for both cached and indexed pages.
It’s easy to forget that, but it is very important for getting good SERP’s.
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Hi Darren and Marcel,
You both make good points, this is the first draft of the SEO article and is aimed mostly towards those who are not as SEO savvy as SEO consultant are (or should be, some don’t have a clue!!).
I plan to continue the article and explain how pages can legitimately be indexed, but not show a Google cache and still pass full link benefit. For example webmaster who set no cache results in an indexed page with no Google cache that will pass full link benefit.
The difficulty is explaining these technical issues without getting bogged down in technical jargon. Which is why I stopped at where I did (the “To summarise” bit) giving me time to think how best to approach the rest of the article :-)
Thanks for the comments.
David
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I was the original poster of the question so very chuffed to see such a comprehensive reply as a result.
Thanks for taking the time to answer what I thought was a valid question.
Shame it didn’t get such a good response in the newsgroup!
Very informative!
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Hi Ian,
The reason I created the SEO article was because I also thought it was a very good SEO question and should have resulted in a better set of responses.
It’s a shame as the newsgroup alt.internet.search-engines used to be the sort of place where both those new and old to SEO could get answers to SEO queries like yours, now there’s a lack of detailed SEO knowledge with most regular posters (some are very informative in other areas, just not SEO).
Was the reason I stopped posting their on a regular basis.
Anyway, glad I helped answer your SEO question.
David
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Dave,
Very nice post. Yes, the NG is becoming less and less infomative. I post a lot less, so when most of the regulars don’t post as often you find that the information is slacking.
I just go there just briefly to look at times. I have just been so busy lately.
BTW I owe you an email I know, I am becoming like you on the busy side and not getting around to my emails.:-) Doesn’t mean I don’t think about ya and come around to see how you are doing.;-)
Stacey
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