Why did I lose my fresh page back to old cached?

Where did my new page go? back to old

[hightraffic10]

Hey guys,
I recently changed a site completely, added new content and the whole nine. Before it was a spalsh page. It ranked for good key words and I have been making updates on the site but for reason Google has cached the old spalsh page and I have lost my rankings. Whats going on? Thanks!

[Macguru]

Perfectly normal. They will be back next month.

[hightraffic10]

Thanks I thought that, its because I made changes after the most recent dance right? Then next dance I should be in business right?

[Macguru]

If your changes involves new URL, they can take 2 months before getting 'stable'. Fresh pages do score higher than competion for the time they 'live' in SERPs. Expect weaker results next month. Go hunt links like a dog in heat. ;)

[hightraffic10]

The sites Url has not changed, just major optimization! Yes a know links, links, links! Can you explain why this actually happened? Why did Google see my new pages, with title tags and all take them and rank high for a week then revert to the old cached pages? So next month it will eat these new pages at the dance and I should be on track right?I guess I need to be able to tell my client this!

[Macguru]

I would not tell anyhing to clients, I use to report facts not tell the fortune. You never now what is really going on out there. It is difficult predict what competition did while you where at it too.

Its all part of the indexing cycle, dont worry.

[steveb]

Consider any Fresh pages you get as gravy, as part of an experiment by Google. The real index is updated monthly.