b'Webwaves Webwavestopof the page will inform the userAt times, viewing the latest cached that they are viewing a cached pagecopy is insufficient and an older version (Figure1)\x08 of the content is required\x08 For viewing historic webpages, there are other Alternatively, when searching Google,utilities available\x08 The non profit Internet there is an down arrow beside the searchArchive maintains the Wayback Machine result\x08 Clicking on this allows the userhttps://web\x08archive\x08org/\x08 The Wayback to view a cached version of the pageMachine stores a library of more than (Figure 2)\x08 514 billion webpages as of January 2021\x08 Ian James ASEG Webmaster webmaster@aseg.org.auCached webpagesWelcome to the first Webwaves of 21\x08 In this edition we are having a look at various methods of viewing cached or historic versions of webpages\x08 Cached pages are useful: they provide redundancy in accessing a webpage at times of high congestion and allow you to visit a website that has been taken down\x08Figure 1.Viewing a cached page.The cached pages that we are discussing here are those that are stored on the search engine servers and not those that are stored in the local cache in the web browser\x08 Searchengines regularly cache webpages to manage web traffic and provide access to pages that are no longer available\x08 Figure 2.Selecting a cached version in Google search.There are various ways to find cached or historic pages, depending on the browser and search engine being used\x08 I will run through some easy ways to do this, using both Google and DuckDuckGo\x08 Google provides direct access to the cached webpages throughtheir Google search engine, while with DuckDuckGo we use their !bangs - these are shortcuts that allow users to search for results in other sites and services\x08For users of Google Chrome or with Google as a main search engine, a very easy method exists for viewing a cachedwebpage\x08 By entering cache:webpage (e\x08g\x08 cache:https://aseg\x08org\x08au) you will be taken to the cached version of the ASEG webpage\x08 The page that is loadedis the version saved on Googlesservers and used for indexingand search\x08 DuckDuckGo userscan easily access these from the search engine with the !cache bang (e\x08g\x08!cache https://aseg\x08org\x08au)\x08 TheFigure 3.Calendar view in the Wayback Machine.FEBRUARY 2021 PREVIEW 32'