This series of articles titled “Maximize your Search Results” has become quite popular. So obviously this is information people can use and need. I have decided to write a few more articles on this topic as a way of sharing this information with you.

The internet is the “information highway” unfortunately this road is cluttered with so many roadsigns and trashy advertisements that it is very hard to find your exit sign. Hopefully this information will help you locate a safe and friendly exit to the information you are searching for!

See what’s in the Google cache

You can ask Google to show you a copy of a page it has stored in its cache. A cache is a temporary storage area. Google stores copies of most, though not all, of the pages it has indexed.
Precede the URL of the page with cache:. Remember that unlike some of the other search syntaxes, you don’t add a space between cache: and the URL.
Syntax example: cache:http://cnn.com or cache:cnn.com

cache:cnn.com iraq opens the cached page and highlights the word iraq.
Under most entries in the search results page, you see a Cached link; click
this link to view the cached page.

Find pages linking to the specified page

Google provides a quick way to find pages linking to a particular page. Note that this command does not find all the pages linking to the specified page; it generally only finds pages with a PageRank of 4 or more.
Type link: and then the URL, with no space in between.
Syntax example: link:http://cnn.com or link:cnn.com or link:www.
cnn.com

TIP: This command is a little flaky. I recommend that you try using the domain name with and without the www. piece because sometimes they return different results.

Search in a particular language

You can specify the language of the keyword or keyword phrase. You can
also change your Preferences to tell Google to always search for a particularlanguage or multiple languages. Click the Preferences link on the Google home page.
Advanced Search page: Type your search term into one of the Find Results
boxes and then select a language from the Language drop-down list box.
You have to use the Advanced Search page to do this search.

Specify and ignore file formats

You can tell Google to search only for a particular file format or to ignore a file format. Google can search a variety of file types, such as Adobe Acrobat,PostScript, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Rich Text Format files.
Precede the file type, the extension, with “filetype:”.
Do not include a space between filetype: and the file extension.
Syntax: internet marketing filetype:pdf finds the words internet and marketing in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) files.
internet marketing -filetype:pdf tells Google to search all file types but PDF. internet marketing -filetype:ppt -filetype:pdf tells Google to search all types with the exception of PPT and PDF files.

I truly hope this info helps you find what you’re looking for. Be sure to look for the other installments of this article to get the full picture. Search engines can be fickle creatures but if you can speak their language they will give up their secrets.

Thanx and remember…Always strive to improve and success will follow
David Knops
DKWebsites LLC

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