Google's cache of page size

does freshbot pick up changes?

[ericjunior]

G includes page size in K next to the cache in search reults. Does this only change when deep craweled or can freshbots recognise a change & display this?

[creative craig]

I am pretty sure that I have the seen the page size increase by freshbot before, hasnt done in a while for me though as I never make huge changes to the page, just a few links added/deleted :)

Craig

[ericjunior]

thanks craig...

I'm looking for more of a decrease as have been putting a few of our sites on a diet and trimming images etc...

just seems like the page size cache hasnt changed even once visited by the fresh bots.

[killroy]

The cache size is for raw html only. The google main bot doesn't touch iamges (or care about them) Although teh image bot does.

SN

[ericjunior]

thanks killroy - so when google advises that a page be no greater than 100k - is that in "raw html" terms or the page as a whole including images?

[DotBum]

I can confirm that freshbot changes it - did some major changes to a few sites last Friday and the cached size changed on Sunday when Freshbot picked it up.

[hitchhiker]

ericjunior - most probably raw HTML.

[creative craig]

It is raw HTML as the Googlebot doesnt actualy call the images at all. It leaves the to the imagebot.

Craig