Google trick to see web pages that "aren't there anymore"

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by Dougmeister, Dec 8, 2014.

  1. Dougmeister

    Dougmeister Well-Known Member

    I bought coin but the dealer had to come back and tell me that they were sorry but it had already been sold and they forgot to take it off the website. I wanted to save a picture of it. I thought I would have to ask the dealer (awkward) or give up.

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    Some of you may recall "Google cache" from a few years back. It allowed the user to pull up a "cached" view of a webpage from Google's servers.

    They took it away a few years ago... or so I thought.

    Maybe some of you already know this trick... and you have to know the URL (saved from a bookmark, pasted into a document, etc.)

    So:

    1) I took the saved URL: http://www.rustcoin.com/product.php?productid=6105&cat=18&page=1

    2) I added this in *front* of the URL (without the quotes, obviously):
    "http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:"

    3) Voila! The page was still in Google's cache so I could see it once again.

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    Hopefully someone out there finds this useful.

    (Credits to http://ethancbanks.com/2014/08/26/how-to-find-a-lost-article-in-googles-cache/)
     
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  3. wcoins

    wcoins GEM-ber

    Been using this for years. You don't even need the URL, just the title or words in description, then google the words, and click on the little green arrow next to search result, then click "cached".
     
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  4. Dougmeister

    Dougmeister Well-Known Member

    Crap. Even better than my version. ;-)

    Nice. I guess they just moved it and I was too lazy to see it. Thanks.
     
  5. bsowa1029

    bsowa1029 Franklin Half Addict

    Try searching "do a barrel roll" in google
     
  6. Conder101

    Conder101 Numismatist

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