TRUST NO ONE ... especially Google ...

[BronzeTitan]

That's right! Google is a slippery, slimy customer but it's no match for a bronze titan!

I caught them (yes, the whole co-operative of evil!) in their nefarious deed while looking up a webpage for the Computer Chronicles: 35th Anniversary Edition project. Reviewing the OldSchoolLaw - List Of Computer Chronicles Shows, I clicked on the link to a Google cache . .

[click on these large thumbnails (hey, I'm a bronze titan) for the full size screencaps]

Up popped this Google cache webpage . .

Also immediately, it was gone and replaced by this . .

!! CAUGHT IN THE ACT !!

Send in the gods, I mean, the cops ... and lightning-strike, I mean, arrest them all!

[Jetrell Fo]

You're preaching to the choir here buddy, lol.

[Colek]

It's still working just fine for me, I repeated all your steps :L

[Doctor M]

I use DuckDuckGo as my search engine and web.archive.org for archives.

[BronzeTitan]

It's still working just fine for me, I repeated all your steps :L

Interesting ... [tries again] ... Ah! Google are villains. When not trusted (my default), it follows as I described. When trusted (I assume your default?), it follows as you described. See? Sly villains*.

I use DuckDuckGo as my search engine and web.archive.org for archives.

How are DDG's search results? I mostly use StartPage because of their privacy design/policy and they do fairly well. However, when I'm digging deep, it doesn't match Google. See? Still sly villains*.



* quote from Beatles Paul's grandfather

[Doctor M]

StartPage is still Google, just with personal data stripped.
DuckDuckGo respects your privacy, but is its own thing. I like it better because they don't demote/remove results that Google gets notices to remove or doesn't fit their world view.