Get a quick view of a website’s presence in Google’s index
Here is a little trick to use if you’d like to know more about a website’s indexation on Google.
The “link:” option
This option allows the webmasters to see rapidly what are the websites, known by googlebot, that are linking to a particular website.
The “site:” option
The site option, is used like this : “site:bytheowner.com“. This search returns all the pages indexed by GoogleBot of the website entered after site:. You can also enter keywords at the beginning like the following examples to search for something on a specific website.
- condo lakeview site:bytheowner.com
- rancher in okanagan BC site:bytheowner.com
- bungalow kitchener site:bytheowner.com
- offer to purchase form site:bytheowner.com
If you’d like to read more about this function, visit Google’s Blog at :
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2007/03/using-site-command.html
Frédérick Dubois, ByTheOwner.com
Web development and programming
