Google Cache

went back about a month

[paladin]

Hi,
Did anyone else notice this?

Up until recently the Google's Cache of my site was usually about one week old. Now I am seeing content that was changed over a month ago.

any ideas?

Thanks,
Alon

[Brett_Tabke]

Common. If your cache is within the last 30days, say thank you - your blessed. If it's 30-60 your not necc abnormal. If its 60+, you aren't alone. If it's 90+, you need to seek links.

The easiest way to prevent the problem, is to mark all pages as NO ARCHIVE.

[jdMorgan]

paladin,

Completely normal and expected behaviour. Your cache and listing may get updated if you get a visit from the freshbot before the next update. Google's cache is always 30-60 days behind. The freshbot was introduced to help alleviate this problem. Whether and how often it visits depends on your pages' page rank and on how often it is significantly updated. If freshbot visits and updates your listing/cache, but doesn't come back, your listing may again revert to the old cached copy.

See the Google Knowledgebase (link at top of Google News forum), and try a site search for "freshbot" and "everflux" here on WebmasterWorld to learn more about it.

HTH,
Jim