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August 1, 2007

Google Cache Showing Last Retrieve Dates in Minutes

A WebmasterWorld reports finding that Google is showing the cache date in minutes.

Typically, Google shows a date and not a countdown in minutes as to when Googlebot last retrieved the page. Here is an example of Google showing the date and not in minutes:

google-cache-minutes.gif

The boxed in date is what I am talking about.

Here is an example that I was able to reproduce on http://66.249.89.147 showing the cache date in last minutes.

google-cache-minutes-bbc.gif

This appears to be a new way of Google displaying this information.

Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.

posted rustybrick in Google Optimization at August 1, 2007 7:27 AM Comments (4)

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Comments

Mmm, minty fresh. :)

 

Posted by Matt Cutts at August 3, 2007 01:25

This is good. Will be interesting to see how it pans out over the next few months...

 

Posted by Byron Rode at August 6, 2007 03:16

Matt told a interesting information that Google "didn’t update our index for 3-4 months or more". And now it is can update with in minute.

DD

 

Posted by Deb at August 8, 2007 03:22

sounds great was time that they index faster.

 

Posted by Nadja Jacobs at January 14, 2008 12:56

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