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After learning how to use the Google filetype operator, now it’s time for Google.com’s site operator. This operator tells google that you only want to search pages from a specific site.
For example if you want to search things about Napoleon but only on .edu domain you’d use the query string:
Napoleon site:edu
Or if you want to search only a specific website, you can use:
Napoleon site:fordham.edu
Watch the next video for a more detailed view over the Google’s site operator.

Tags: how to, google, google site operator, tutorial, search

Google is a great search engine, but its power unleashes only when used with some of its options that only few know.
Today we’ll discuss the “filetype” tag. Basically you just tell google you want a file that is a mp3 or a pdf.
For example let’s search for harry potter books in pdf. The query string would be:
harry potter filetype:pdf
I’ve managed to find a video that will help you understand exactly the usage of Google’s “filetype” tag.

Tags: google, filetype, search, how to

Today I found quite an interesting “data center” of Google and this is http://ggoogle.com.

The first thing that stunned me is that ggoogle.com doesn’t redirect to google.com. All the pages remain with the domain ggoogle.com including the advertising program and so on. We could say Google could be accused by their own rules - duplicate content.

I’m wondering what Matt Cutts thinks about that.

Further more I’ve conducted some searches and it seams that the main index is updated but the images index isn’t.

Here is an example with Digg.com.

The Google Images Index Results 1 - 20 of about 3,930 for site:digg.com. (0.04 seconds)
The Ggogle Images Index Results 1 - 20 of about 725 for site:.digg.com. (0.02 seconds)

With MSN

Google Images Index Results 1 - 20 of about 396,000 for site:msn.com. (0.04 seconds)
Ggoogle Images Index Results 1 - 20 of about 192,000 for site:msn.com. (0.07 seconds)

Very big differences in the “relevant results”.

The domain ggoogle.com is registered by google.com and has their nameservers:

Registrar: MARKMONITOR, INC.
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Dates: Created 04-jul-2000 Updated 06-nov-2006 Expires 04-jul-2007
DNS Servers: NS2.GOOGLE.COM NS1.GOOGLE.COM NS3.GOOGLE.COM NS4.GOOGLE.COM

I’m wondering what marketing specialists Wolf Howl and Shoemoney have to say about this.
Is this a forgotten data center? Is this duplicate content? How is a mistake like this possible?

What’s your opinion?

later update

Thanks to a digg user utcursch

Google owns most of their typos (gogle, gogole, gooogle etc)

Some of these will redirect you to google. For eg. the following redirect me to http://www.google.co.in/
http://gewgle.com/
http://googlecom.com/

Some others don’t redirect to google. For eg.
http://www.gppgle.com/
http://gewgol.com/

GGoogle.com belongs to the second category.

Being the holiday season I received this greeting card from Google.

It says “Happy Holidays”.

The most interesting part is that I had a dream last night. I dreamed that I received something from Google. I think the gifts from my dream, were aspirins (because I recently read Andy Beal’s blog). It is pretty cool.

Also, other people received from Google different gifts:

1. Shoemoney and Graywolf received a lava lamp.

2. Andy Beal received an aspirin.

What do you think ?