> Do you think Google's ranking of sites goes by their cache of the page
> in google or the current version of the page itself?
In order to rank your page(s), Google has to fetch them. Those pages are
(optionally) stored in the cache. I have no idea how long it takes for a
fetched and processed page to be accessible via the cache link, but
can't imagine it will take days.
> I've never been
> able to figure that one out? Also has anyone noticed how long it takes
> lately for google to update a site's cache?
Nope, but I hardly check those things. I just did and a page that got
modified earlier this week is in the cache. In the past my pages showed
up shortly after I had uploaded them (often within a day or so).

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