Text Matching

How does Google perform text matching for searches?

[VictorE]

I have a question about how Google uses cached pages when performing text matching for searches. I am a first-time poster and only a recent visitor to this site, so hopefully this is not an ignorant question. However, I haven't seen it answered after pouring over a lot of Google posts and the Google FAQ on the site.

My site has been online since August. Without any real knowledge of SEO, I have achieved a PR5. However, I am still ranking around the 300th result for the main keyword for my site. At first, I thought part of this may be due to the fact that until recently my homepage was basically just a graphic (logo and image map) without any text (of course, I have real content linked from the homepage).

Two weeks ago, I added relevant text to my homepage with good keyword density. These pages have been picked up by FreshBot and also show when I click "cache" from a Google search. However, when I click on "cached snapshot of page" from the Google toolbar, I see the older version of my site.

I am still ranking around the 300th result for my main keyword. I am wondering if Google is still doing text matching for search results from the older cached version of my website.

Anyone have any thoughts?

Regards,

Victor

[ciml]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld, Victor.

The Freshbot listings work in parallel with the full, monthly updated listings. You may find that the Fresh and non-Fresh content can both be searched, depending on which Google server you hit.