# Cache-control and google \*help\*

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cache-control-and-google-help/170968>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [November 30, 2005, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cache-control-and-google-help/170968 "2005-11-30T21:04:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![3pinter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/9de053/32.png) [@3pinter](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/3pinter)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cache-control-and-google-help/170968/1 "2005-11-30T21:04:18Z")

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Hi,

I’ve searched the internet but I couldn’t find a clear answer…

In each document I have:  
cache-control:private.

Problem: google doesn’t seem to ‘add’ my website. While other s.e. do.  
Googlebot doesn’t visit my website also anymore… ??

So:

- what does cache-control:private actually means? i.o.w.: should I remove it?  
(it’s just a normal website)

- does the cache-control affect the searchengines bots / listing / ranking ??

Thank you for your time and possible answer,

3Pinter