What are cached pages?
Our search provider, Ask.com, takes a snapshot of each page examined as it crawls the Web and caches – or makes a copy of – these pages as a back-up in case the original page is unavailable. (Sometimes a Web site will update a page without archiving the previous information that you need. A cached page will provide you with that info from an older version of the page. It’s like going back and looking at an original property map, years after the property’s size and ownership have changed.) If you click on the “Cached” link, you will see the Web page as it looked when it was indexed. The cached content is the content Ask.com uses to judge whether this page is a relevant match for your query. When the cached page is displayed, it will have a header at the top which serves as a reminder that this is not necessarily the most recent version of the page. Terms that match your query are highlighted on the cached version to make it easier for you to see why your page is relevant. The “Cached” l
