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SEO Tip: Find Out What Google Knows About You

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

Know What Google Says About YouAs a Tallahassee area business owner, you should always be concerned about what Google has to say about your website.

Here are a few quick tricks that you can use to find out what exactly Google knows about your web site:

(for each of these examples replace the www.social850.com with your domain name)

  • SITE:
    • site:www.social850.com
    • this lists pages that Google has indexed in your web site - the more the better!
  • LINK:
    • link:www.social850.com
    • this lists pages that link to your web site’s front page
  • CACHE:
    • cache:www.social850.com
    • this shows the current cache of your web site
  • INFO:
    • info:www.social850.com
    • this shows information that Google has about your site
  • RELATED:
    • related:www.social850.com
    • this shows pages that are similar to your web site

You should be checking these operators in Google on a regular basis especially after you add new content to your site and have given Google a few days to index that new content.

Most importantly, you should always be concerned about what the most important search engine - Google - has to say about your business!