Getting Googled

 
The fastlane to getting indexed quickly
 
      The key is to use Google sitemaps to give Google
      the exact information needed to index your site
 
1. First, create and log into your google sitemap account.
     https://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/login
   
2. Add the full URL to your site in the Add Site textbox.
 
3. Next you need to verify your site. You can verify it either
    by uploading a certain file to the root of your site or by
    inserting a particular metatag into your site.

      - directions for putting metatags into wordpress
      http://codex.wordpress.org/Meta_Tags_in_WordPress
 
4. Next, you need to point google to your sitemap.
    One method; use a RSS feed for your sitemap.
 
 The advantage of a true sitemap versus a RSS feed is that a
 true sitemap will contain all your pages while a RSS feed
 will only contain the pages in your feed.
 (For older non-indexed sites, sitemaps are preferred.
 For new or already well-indexed sites, RSS feeds are fine.)
 
5. Once spidered, you will also benefit from all the extra stats
   and SEO information that google sitemap uses as a reward
   for using their service.

Google's adsense spider now adds information to the main index. Therefore, if you already have an adsense account, placing an adsense box on it will also increase your chances of getting spidered.
 
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PowerSearching w/Google
 
People leave music files in unprotected directories all of the time. Here's how to get to them. If you properly query google, you can find open indexes of music files easily.
 
Here are some hints to get you started.
 
 

Using this string we are using the "index of" and the inurl commands to attempt to isolate directories only. The mp3 tag on the end tells google to look for mp3s in these open directories. You can change this to wma or ogg if you wish.
 

You can add additional search criteria to focus your search more.
 
 
This command will find open directories with mp3 files with Pearl Jam. Obviously you can change the band name or file type to better define your search.
 

College networks are famous for their amount of audio and video files kept on their servers. Here's the search string that will search all edu sites for mp3 files:
 
 
This isolates directories only...
-inurl:htm -inurl:html intitle:"index of" "Last modified"
 

This searches only educational sites. You can change this to a particular college if you want focus your search.
site:edu
 

This obviously searches for mp3s. You can change this to avi or mpg if you want to search for video files.
mp3
 

Searching all educational sites for video files:
 
 
search example:
-inurl:htm -inurl:html intitle:"index of" "Last modified" mp3 site:gladstone.uoregon.edu
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&q=-inurl%3Ahtm+-inurl%3Ahtml+intitle%3A%22index+of%22+%22Last+modified%22+mp3+site%3Agladstone.uoregon.edu
 
Google allows users to create very specialized and directed searches against a particular site.
 
      What files does your network hold?
 
you can also use this for midi's,pictures, txt, and lots more!
 
-inurl:htm -inurl:html intitle:"index of" jpg "nude"
-inurl:htm -inurl:html intitle:"index of" midi
-inurl:htm -inurl:html intitle:"index of" txt
-inurl:htm -inurl:html intitle:"index of" pdf
 

Want some ebooks? Oh, yeah... google does that easily.
 
Another PowerSearching lesson coming right up.
 
 

What does all of this mean? The -inurl htm and -inul html is attempting to get rid of regular webpages and show just index pages. Looking for index of in the title is doing the same. Using the pipe ( | ) tells google to look for something OR something else. Here were are telling google to look for book or ebook directories... and we have listed several common ebook formats (zip, pdf, chf).
 

If you would like to look for a particular author or title just tack it to the end of your search.
 
 
This uses the same idea but attempts to focus on directories that contain O'Reilly stuff.
 
 

Using some focused google searching, you can find online cameras and video feeds with ease.
 
Here are some common examples.
 
 
Google: intitle:"snc-rz30 home"
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=intitle%3A%22snc-rz30+home%22
Requires installation of activeX plug-in. Great video feeds.
 
Google: inurl:"ViewerFrame?Mode=Motion"
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=inurl%3A%22ViewerFrame%3FMode%3DMotion%22&btnG=Search
High quality feeds with zoom and pan. Require an activeX plug-in
 
Google: inurl:LvAppl intitle:liveapplet
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=inurl%3ALvAppl+intitle%3Aliveapplet&btnG=Search
I love the zoom and pan on these. So freaking cool!
 
Google: intitle:"Live View / - AXIS"
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=intitle%3A%22Live+View+%2F+-+AXIS%22&btnG=Search
Requires installation of a activeX plug-in to view
 
 
 
Google: "MOBOTIX M1" and "open menu"
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=%22MOBOTIX+M1%22+and+%22open+Menu%22
Will display some with feeds and others with refreshing pictures.
 
Google: intitle:flexwatch intext:"Copyright by Seyeon TECH Co"
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=intitle%3Aflexwatch+intext%3A%22Copyright+by+Seyeon+TECH+Co%22&btnG=Google+Search
Click on Live View for the video feed from java applet.
 
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URL Hack to See When Page Was Last Updated:
Just paste this code into your address bar and hit ENTER:
 
javascript:alert(document.lastModified)
 
This code will display the last time any web page was updated and display it in a message box on your screen.
 

Clearing Google Toolbar History:
Left click on the google icon (the only thing on the toolbar that actually says Google) and the menu should drop down.
 
You can also click in an empty Google search box to get the saved information dropdown to appear. Then just mouse over the saved text so it's highlighted and push the delete key. It only removes one entry at a time so you will have to do this for every entry. Nice for selectively removing search items you don't want others to see.
 
IE also remembers all your google search terms, too. 
To clear the form history from Microsoft's IE.
 
1. Click on Tools in the IE menu
2. Select Internet Options
3. Select the Content Tab
4. Click the AutoComplete button
5. Click Clear Forms
6. Click OK
7. Click OK again
 
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adding field searches connected with entering URLs
 
intitle: Finds pages that have the term(s) in the HTML title element. Can be combined with other search terms. intitle:search engines. This should find 'search' in the title and 'engines' anywhere in the page.
 
inurl: Finds pages that have the term(s) somewhere in the URL (host name, path, or filename). Can be combined with other search terms. inurl:searchenginewatch.
 
allintitle: Finds pages that have the term(s) in the HTML title element.
allintitle:search engines.
 
link: Finds pages which contain hypertext links to the exact specified URL. link:notess.com/search finds pages with links to this site.
 
allinurl: Finds pages that have the term(s) somewhere in the URL (host name, path, or filename). allinurl:searchenginewatch.
 
site: Finds pages from the designated Web site. Path and file names can be included. site:example.com/write
 
allinanchor: Finds pages that have the term(s) somewhere in the links to the page. .
 
related: Invokes GoogleScout to find other pages similar in linkage patterns to the given URL and at a similar hierarchical level. The URL must be exact. In other works related:example.com and related:www.example.com find different results.
 
numrange: Finds a range of numbers. Either 5..11 or numrange:5-11 works.
 
pricerange: Finds a range of numbers prefixed by the $ sign. Either $5..11 or pricerange:5-11 works.
 
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MySpace Hacks


 View Pictures and Comments on a Private Profile
 
These hacks will allow you to view pictures and comments on a private MySpace profile.
 
First, you must find the ID for the myspace profile. In the hacks below, include it where you see the following... insertID
 
   To view pictures in a private profile:
 
 
   To view comments in a private profile:
 
 
 
Hack to Download Any Song on MySpace
 
MySpace allows you to listen to a lot of songs; however, only a few of them can be downloaded. This little work-around will allow you to download most music files.
MySpace allows you to listen to a lot of music, but they only allow you to download a select few of the songs. Here is the work around.
 
1. Goto the MySpace site that you want to download
    the music from
2. That page must have at least one song available
    for download
3. Open notepad
4. Right-click the download link and select copy Link
5. Paste this link into your notepad
 
    You will see something like this:
 
http://mp3download.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction= bandprofile.downloadSong&bsid=OldSongNumberHere&
song_name= Title of the Old Song Here &fid=bandid