That's an easy one, Pitafi - you can use the following search syntax:

cache:www.example.com/page

If you see your updated content within the "cached" page then chances are it's being evaluated, although note that the two are concurrent processes rather than part of the same system.

Another method, which may be more reliable, is to do a search like the below:

site:www.example.com/page "unique string of text"

You could use your updated text as the unique string to search for. This will tell you if the text has been indexed by Google.

Thanks Andy, for your co-operatoin.

i have one question, that when will google cache the new content that i have added to the page?

thanks again

It depends onthe spidering schedule for the URL. If Google visits frequently, then you'll changes will be picked up faster. If there are strong links to the page, then that always helps.

Blogs and the like can get updated quickly without string links via RSS/pings.

one more thing, if in content i anchor the keyword that will lead to the keyword's landing page, should i include that link in sitemap?

thanks

Do you mean an XML sitemap? I don't really use those myself other than for news sites and the like, so I'm not really the person to ask ;)

If you mean an HTML sitemap, then if it makes sense to include the link, and the words are a good description of the page, then why not? :)

thanks, i forget to mention that i was asking for html sitemap. i think that we submit the XML sitemap in google.

One point I'd like to make is that Google often indexes a new version of a page a good while before that new version shows up in a cache: query. You'll see new titles and snippets in the regular search results even while the cached version shows the older content - so indexing and cache visibility are two separate steps and they are not necessarily in sync.

hello tedster,

if i add desired keyword's content, on the index page, will it be suitable for my site or it will harm my current ranking, please guide me.

It can hurt or it can help, depending on many many other factors about your site. Sometimes the only thing you can do is make the change and see what happens.