Is the cached url the one used by Google for the SERPS

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  Jim Munro: I remember reading about this and I`m sure it`s changed a lot since but the cached page is what googlebot collected on the date printed on it. Read up on "caffeine" you`ll find some references on how the page reaches the live index. Here`s a start from the google blog: https://googleblog.blogspot.com.au/.../our-new-search...
  
  GOOGLEBLOG.BLOGSPOT.COMOur new search index: CaffeineOur new search index: Caffeine
  
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  Michael Stricker: Neil I have seen many instances of dupe content indexed, some of it stubbornly cached. Google`s tendency to treat each URL lacking crawl directives and canonicalization as a separate, rankable instance, divides the page value and link equity so that often, none of it ranks particularly well. You could answer your own question, if you could get a complete list of every domain URL in Google`s Index. Some prefer scrapebox or online Tools (that run counter to Google`s TOS). Urlprofiler and proxies. I`ve seen a Python script that will use the Site:domain.com modified search to mine the index. Glenn Gabe has written about an Excel tool that skirts the 1, 000 URL limit in Google Search Console / Search Analytics / Pages / Download method. The tool is Analytics Edge. A friend used it for a middling domain prior to migration. It worked. See http://www.searchengineland.com/download-landing-pages...
  
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  Michael Stricker: http://www.searchengineland.com/download-landing-pages...
  
  SEARCHENGINELAND.COMHow to download all of your landing pages from Google Search Console via Analytics Edge -- and I mean ALL of them!How to download all of your landing pages from Google Search Console via Analytics Edge -- and I mean ALL of them!
  
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  Michael Stricker: If you`re determined to respect Google, Paul Shapiro wrote up ways to use Google Analytics or log files. This is not PROOF of indexation, but a fair indication. See http://www.searchengineland.com/check-urls-indexed...
  
  SEARCHENGINELAND.COMHow to check which URLs have been indexed without upsetting Google: A follow-upHow to check which URLs have been indexed without upsetting Google: A follow-up
  
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  Neil Cheesman: Now that looks pretty awesome.... just need to figure out how to do it and what I can use it for...
  
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  Michael Stricker: When you know what URLs are in the Index, you can judge and respond.
  
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  Neil Cheesman: "How Google Works"https://www.google.com/howgoogleworks/
  
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  Alan Bleiweiss: Neil, I`m chiming in, not because I know the answer, (I don`t have such an answer) instead, to say this is a perfect example of a not-dumb SEO question. It`s intriguing, and has fascinating implications.
  
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  Jim Munro: Hi Neil Cheesman , your question was discussed by Tim Capper during Dumb SEO Questions HOA 237. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kldBU3dLoco&t=26m40s
  
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