New page version counts for ranking before it shows in the cache

[Mark_A]

I just noticed that the text under the serps result for my page are from the most recent latest version of that page. I then checked the google cached page and guess what it was still caching the previous version.

Not sure that is of any use to anyone but there it is anyhow.

[Receptional Andy]

It's a good idea to separate the various processes Google is following. Spidering and indexing are the processes of discovering, and archiving URL data in a way that is suitable for effective retrieval. The "caching" system is entirely separate, and is a way to allow members of the public to view older copies of a given URL, stored on Google's servers.

So, it's quite common that the cache doesn't match the data retrieved when you search - because Google isn't searching the cache - it's searching the index, which is a separate set of data with other elements like categorisation and analysis involved.