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Google search operators
September 28, 2005
During the sales process, a lot of people inquire about how I find their website information on Google such as site index counts, inbound link counts, etc. So I think it may be nice to share some of the advanced google search operators typically not known by the average search user. These search operators will help create a streamlined search experience that should be shared by all.
Let's start with Google index count
Go to Google and type in the following: site:www.yourdomain.com
The above search will show you exactly how many pages of a domain are currently indexed at Google. You may find your site not as indexed as you may have thought or have too many pages indexed. If you feel there are too many pages indexed at Google, you may have PDF's, Word Documents, old web pages, etc. that are being counted as indexed pages.
Now let's look at current Google link count
Go to Google and type in the following: link:www.yourdomain.com
This search operator is prompting Google to show you web pages that are currently being counted as inbound links to a particular web page. If you have sub-domains, just type in the sub-domain instead of the www. The same google search operator works with sub-directory pages as well (if that's your thing).
Onto Title searching
Let's say you are searching for an item such as "discount digital cameras" and you only want Google to return results that have the exact phrase "discount digital cameras" in the title of a page. Type in [intitle:"discount digital cameras"]. The returned results will show you only pages that have the exact phrase "discount digital cameras" in the title of their pages. If you're not interested in the exact phrase being matched in the search results, take out the quotations and search that way [intitle:discount digital cameras]
There are many more Google search operators and combination search operators available, but those are reserved for a future post.
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posted by Sean Bolton at September 28, 2005 10:22 AM
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