This week, we’ve removed cache links from Bing search results. As the internet has evolved for better reliability, and many pages aren’t optimized for cache viewing. Site owners can still access Bing-crawled content via Bing Webmaster Tools URL Inspection: https://t.co/LOIAk2786M
— Microsoft Bing Webmaster Team (@BingWMC) December 11, 2024
Why we care. Some SEOs have sought out other search engines that have cache links, such as Bing, even though the cache is not a good use for debugging SEO issues, it has become a defacto tool for many SEOs and searchers over the years.
After many months of testing removing the cache link from the Bing Search results, it is now officially gone.
The Wayback Machine is an excellent way to see older versions of specific URLs, and it is free.