Web caches

How frequently do they get updated?

[Scooter24]

I made some changes to my site one week ago. Well, it appears that the old version of the site is still around and people are accessing that, getting 404 errors. Does anybody know when finally all web caches will have the new up to date version of my site?

[hafnius]

Hi Scooter24

Does anybody know when finally all web caches will have the new up to date version of my site?

Short answer, No. By web caches your are thinking about Search Engines right?

A solution that i imploy in these cases where i rename some files is to redirect to the new file via .htaccess

The .htaccess file goes in your root-directory if you dont already have one and in that you put this line for every file that has been renamed.

redirect 301 /old.name.html http://www.dreamcompany.dk/new.filename.html

Like "404" means not found, 301 means permanently moved and this you dont have to care about how long it takes for the SE to catch up.

Hope this helps

Kind Regards
/Hafnius

[Scooter24]

By web caches your are thinking about Search Engines right?

No, web caches are servers around the world which store copies of your site and of other sites to speed up access (sort of proxies). Do a search for "web caches" in this site.

A solution that i imploy in these cases where i rename some files is to redirect to the new file via .htaccess

Even if you do that, web surfers will still see the old pages, because they access the web caches and not your site.