Why is an old meta description displaying in search results?

[bcbsm]

We launched a new version of our retail website in Dec. 2012. This included new content and new metadata.

When our homepage displays in search results, it almost always displays with designated meta description - except when it's searched with the .com. In that case, an old version of our meta description (pre-Dec. 2012) is visible, though our current title displays.

The old metadata isn't loaded anywhere in our content management system. What can we do to change this?

[bcbsm]

Thanks. We we hoping it wasn't anything to do with our site.

[RobertFisher]

bcbsm

I originally ask a similar question a little over a month ago. Oddly, for every search we did, except one, we got the correct meta description which we had change a week or so before. But, on one specific search the old meta showed.

EGOL had the best answer with it was likely that for every potential search term, the change had not occurred due to essentially Google not being able to touch everything at once. So, if there is a server sitting out somewhere that for whatever reason has not been populated with the change in meta, it handles a given query, and the old pops up.

Since then I have seen this query several times and it must be more prevalent now than in the past.

I realize it's not an "answer" but it's as close as we came.

Best

Robert