Since the cache operator has been removed from Google’s search service, Google no longer supports the noarchive directive in Google Search. Google would be instructed not to maintain a cache copy of your page by the directive, the noarchive meta tag. Google does not need to support this directive because it no longer maintains a cache.
In the past, Google was instructed to “not show a cached link in search results.” Google reported at that time, “If you don’t specify this rule, Google might provide a cached page, which users could be able to view via the search results.”
Google moved this meta tag to the documentation’s history section while maintaining a historical reference to it.
Google has said employing this will not harm your SEO, however there was a lot of debate over it.
Google said about this new change, “The cached link feature is no longer available in Google Search results. The meta tag may be used by other search engines and services, so you don’t need to remove it.”
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