it provides a lot of information about the page and sometimes only a little
(less than it has available). It also provides four links to other types of
searches: the page stored in the cache, pages that are similar, pages that
link to the specified page, and pages that contain the URL in their text.
Advanced Search page: The Advanced Search page provides no tool for this
search.
Toolbar/home page: Type the URL of the page and click the Google Search
button. (Don’t press Enter if you’re using the toolbar, or you’ll load the speci-
fied page into the browser.) You may also precede the URL with info: (with
no space between info: and the URL), though there’s no real benefit to
doing so.
Syntax example: info:rodent-racing.com or rodent-racing.com
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. You can even highlight words in the cached
document.
Advanced Search page: The Advanced Search page provides no tool for this
search.
Toolbar/home page: 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. You can also click the i button on the toolbar and select
Cached Snapshot of Page.
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 find pages with a PageRank of 4 or more. (You find out more
about PageRank in Chapter 14.)
BC9
Bonus Chapter: Search Techniques You Should Know
