Cache Controls Block Google Indexing

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by catanich, Jan 18, 2011.

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    For some time I have been testing the Cache control concepts proposed by many of the SEO members. This might help many that think their site is not being indexed by google.

    Our site www.catanich.com is using ASP and I added the command:

    Response.CacheControl="public"

    to the headers. The results on my PC showed that for over 6 weeks Google did not update the home page but if you looked in the SERPs Cache, they had.

    When we removed the command, the site was indexed the next day. What you are seeing on your PC is the status of the local relay server, not the Google server. Therefore always use the "private" setting if you want Google to show your latest indexed results. Use:

    Response.CacheControl="private"

    Or just don’t set Cache to anything.
     
    catanich, Jan 18, 2011 IP