How can you
find out if your web site is
listed in the search engines? And
if your site is listed, how can
you find out which web pages of
your site are listed?
We've
assembled a list with step-by-step
instructions for each search
engine. Just replace "your-domain.com"
with the domain name of your web
site.
For best
results, omit the
"http://www." part, for
example if your web site is
"http://www.Axandra.com",
then use only "Axandra.com".
*
AltaVista
1. Go to "http://www.AltaVista.com/".
2. Enter "host:your-domain.com"
and click the Find button.
*
AllTheWeb
1. Go to "http://www.AllTheWeb.com/".
2. Enter "url.host:your-domain.com"
and click the Search button.
* AOL
Search
1. Go to "http://search.aol.com/".
2. Enter "site:your-domain.com
inurl:your-domain.com" and
click the Search button.
* Dmoz /
Open Directory
1. Go to "http://www.dmoz.org/".
2. Enter just "your-domain.com"
and click the Search button.
* Google
1. Go to "http://www.Google.com/".
2. Enter "site:your-domain.com
inurl:your-domain.com" and
click the Search button.
* HotBot
1. Go to "http://hotbot.lycos.com/".
2. Enter "domain:your-domain.com"
and click the Search button.
*
LookSmart
Go to
http://listings.looksmart.com/help/faq.jhtml#sblb3j
to get a detailed explanation how
you can find your web site on
LookSmart and its partners.
* Lycos
1. Go to "http://www.Lycos.com/".
2. Enter "url.all:your-domain.com"
and click the Go button.
* MSN
Search
1. Go to "http://search.msn.com/advanced.asp".
2. Enter your domain name (without
the "http://www." part) in
the search box and enter it again in
the "Domain:" box. Then
click the Search button.
* Yahoo
1. Go to "http://search.yahoo.com/search/options".
2. Enter your domain name in the
"include all of y ur
words" box, select the
"Yahoo! Directory
listings" option and click the
Search button.
Some of the
search engines above will
"cluster" their search
results, this means that they won't
list all web pages that they have
indexed.
Ask Jeeves,
Teoma, WiseNut and other search
engines and directories are missing
because they don't have commands to
show which web pages of your site
are listed.
To find your
web pages in those search engines,
you can try to search for your
domain name.
Here's
a general guide on how to
effectively search the Internet.
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