Comments on: Google Cache adds Crawl Date http://www.searchjohnston.co.uk/2004/08/google-cache-crawl-date/ Natural Search Strategy Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:22:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Karel Zeman http://www.searchjohnston.co.uk/2004/08/google-cache-crawl-date/comment-page-1/#comment-640 Karel Zeman Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:32:33 +0000 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616777.post-109146248953470911#comment-640 This cache date change may be good for webmasters checking to see when googlebot was last there but it also seems like a good PR attempt for googlebot by showing the more recent date. I liked seeing the date for the last time Google found a new or updated page more so than than seeing googlebot’s activity. This gives me more of a clue how active the website is and how old the content is. With the number of websites that don’t date their articles or content, I would often check out the cache date just for that reason. If I want to see when googlebot last visited my site I can see those visits in my stats. It’s not a big deal, but I think the best solution would be to show both dates. This cache date change may be good for webmasters checking to see when googlebot was last there but it also seems like a good PR attempt for googlebot by showing the more recent date. I liked seeing the date for the last time Google found a new or updated page more so than than seeing googlebot’s activity. This gives me more of a clue how active the website is and how old the content is. With the number of websites that don’t date their articles or content, I would often check out the cache date just for that reason. If I want to see when googlebot last visited my site I can see those visits in my stats.

It’s not a big deal, but I think the best solution would be to show both dates.

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