: Does Google care about cached versions of site having Stylesheet and JavaScript files? I would like to know if having Stylesheets and JavaScript files available for old, cached versions of a
I would like to know if having Stylesheets and JavaScript files available for old, cached versions of a site benefits SEO in any way. Currently I'm adding a hash of the file contents to the file name, so the file that is referenced by a cached version of the site would not longer be available.
Do I need to keep copies of old files around for any amount of time to improve SEO? Or can I just replace the old files with the new ones without any consequences?
More posts by @Sent6035632
1 Comments
Sorted by latest first Latest Oldest Best
The only purpose of websites caches is for Google to provide a better user experience. They store the cache version of the web page in case that page becomes unavailable (web page is broken, server down, etc). Users can also use the cache in case the page is too slow to load.
When auditing, SEOs sometimes check the cache version of any web page to confirm that Google is caching the page properly or to check if the website has been hacked (with parts of the page not visible to any user but bots). After problems are fixed you won't need to worry at all about the cache. It has nothing to do with rankings, it just a reference for SEOs and (sort of) a backup for Google.
Terms of Use Create Support ticket Your support tickets Stock Market News! © vmapp.org2024 All Rights reserved.