Dear Google Expert,

My question is about the interpretation of the Google Search Results.

When I searched for the keyword "MSNBC" today, one of the found web
addresses "www.msnbc.com/" was followed by " - 30k - Sep 23, 2003 -
Cached - Similar pages ". Please see the last line of the attached
search result.

A date, "Sep 23, 2003", was inserted between the size ("30k") and the
word "Cached".

What does the date here mean? 

Thanks,

Lingling


MSNBC Cover
... Dow off 109 points; Nasdaq slides 31. MSNBC.com. ... INSIDE
MSNBC.COM. • Spector
home death ruled homicide. • Ice Age ‘time capsule’ in Missouri. ... 
Description: Provides up-to-date news and weather information from
around the country.
Category: News
www.msnbc.com/ - 30k - Sep 23, 2003 - Cached - Similar pages

Good question.

"Google has two rather distinct crawls: the regular GoogleBot crawl,
sometimes called DeepBot, and a smaller one that focuses on frequently
refreshed content. The latter often called the FreshBot. Results from
FreshBot usually have a date listed before the "Cached" link. These
two crawls can have two separate cached copies at Google. For example,
a search on lisnews today finds the top hit with a date of "Feb 10,
2003." "

http://www.searchengineshowdown.com/newsarchive/000631.shtml "Hunting
for Google's Cache" by Greg R., Search Engine Showdown, February 10,
2003

Search terms:  Google cached date

Sincerely,

Wonko