When does an edited post get changed on the search engines?

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  mijnschrijverij · Member · Dec 13, 2011 at 4:05 am

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  I changed the text of a post some time last week but on google, when I press the arrow to the left of the post, it still shows the image of the screen with the old text. How long does it take to change? Does it change at all? Should I just delete the post and create a new one? Would the deleted post then be gone or would it still be up there?

  Thanks,
  Barbara
  Blog url: http://mijnlevenhier.wordpress.com/

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  evarlese · Member · Dec 13, 2011 at 2:50 pm

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  Hi Barbara,

  WordPress.com automatically sends notifications to Google with every post and page update. The search engines can take 4-6 weeks or more to add any new sites.

  For more information about WordPress.com and Search Engines, please see http://support.wordpress.com/search-engines/

  You may want to set up Google Webmaster Tools with your blog so you can see some additional information about how Google indexes your site:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/webmaster-tools/

  Over time, the summary that appears in search engine results will likely be updated to show the current version.