How to check if your web
pages have been indexed by the search
engines
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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