Why isn't Google caching our pages?

[Checkli]

Hi everyone,

We have a new content marketing site that allows anyone to publish checklists. Each checklist is being indexed by Google, but Google is not storing a cached version of any of our checklists.

Here's an example:
https://www.checkli.com/checklists/ggc/a-girls-guide-to-a-weekend-in-south-beach

Missing Cache:
https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:DfFNPP6WBhsJ:https://www.checkli.com/checklists/ggc/a-girls-guide-to-a-weekend-in-south-beach+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

1. Why is this happening?
2. How do we fix it?
3. Is this hurting the SEO of our website.

[KristinaKledzik]

Hi there,

This is a weird quirk of Google: sometimes, when their cached version of your page tries to execute some code and fails, the cached page looks blank. Here's the key: when you first load the cache, you'll get the gray banner at the top for about a second as the page tries to load, then everything will go white. In that second or so, if you quickly click on "Text Only Version," you'll see the text version of the cache, at least, and see that Google's reading and saving your content.

I tried this with the page you shared, and was able to get text (picture attached).

To my knowledge, this does not mean that Google isn't able to properly index your pages. But it may be worth looking closely at the text only version of the page to see if it's missing something that you load with a script.

Good luck!

Kristina

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