google still caching my pages

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google still caching my pages

sallam

7:20 am on Jan 13, 2006 (gmt 0)

Greetings

I'm using this for over a month in my site header:
<META HTTP-EQUIV="CACHE-CONTROL" CONTENT="NO-CACHE">
Yet, google is still offering 'Cached' links in all search results. Anyone knows why? should I wait more?
or am I doing something wrong?

tedster

7:56 am on Jan 13, 2006 (gmt 0)

You want this -- it's Google's own special sauce:

reference: [google.com...]

sallam

6:49 pm on Jan 19, 2006 (gmt 0)

Thanks for the reply.
Actually I started using this a week ago:
<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOARCHIVE">
But my pages are still cached in google. According to google, this tag prevents all SE's from caching, which is what I want. But its not working as claimed,

To prevent all search engines from showing a "Cached" link for your site, place this tag in the <HEAD> section of your page::
<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOARCHIVE">
To allow other search engines to show a "Cached" link, preventing only Google from displaying one, use the following tag:
<META NAME="GOOGLEBOT" CONTENT="NOARCHIVE">

I don't know why its not working.
Should I wait longer?
Must I use both tags?

edit: I just noticed my index page with cache removed from google indexing, but all other pags still have cache. Is it because I have 65000 pages indexed, that I must wait longer?

abates

11:00 pm on Jan 19, 2006 (gmt 0)

You will need to wait for googlebot to get around to checking all the pages before they're uncached, yes.

lammert

10:38 am on Jan 20, 2006 (gmt 0)

I just noticed my index page with cache removed from google indexing, but all other pags still have cache. Is it because I have 65000 pages indexed, that I must wait longer?

It depends on the frequency Googlebot visits each page. Many homepages are read once a day, but deeply burried pages can take a month or longer before Googlebot visits. Supplemental results won't be visited at all and their (old) cache might remain forever or until Google finds a good solution for cleaning up their supplemental index. Just wait, you will see the changes in the comming month.