mars9820 - 8:08 pm on Apr 29, 2004 (gmt 0)

OK. It is pretty clear what the date indicates by now and as well googleguy explained when it is being displayed however I find is there as well some random factor or something?

Fact is that I use a couple searhterms:

1. company name : show up the index page with freshdate.

2. product name : show up the index page (same page since I have this product outlined there as HOT)....however now there is no freshdate.

In both cases the URL in the SERP is something like www.domain.com/index.htm

If I go back and forth between these searches it is consistent with showing the freshdate for the first and not for the second (in case people think about different datacenter).