How cached version of website affect you?

Labels: Posted by Edmond on 24.11.08 at 11:56 PM

Have you ever came across cached version of any website? In fact, when you search the internet using Google, Yahoo, Live Search or some other search engines, there is Cached appearing on the right bottom of each search result. Not sure if anyone actually bothers to click on the Cached link.


According to Google:

Google takes a snapshot of each page examined as it crawls the web and caches these as a back-up in case the original page is unavailable. If you click on the "Cached" link, you will see the web page as it looked when we indexed it. The cached content is the content Google uses to judge whether this page is a relevant match for your query.

When the cached page is displayed, it will have a header at the top which serves as a reminder that this is not necessarily the most recent version of the page. Terms that match your query are highlighted on the cached version to make it easier for you to see why your page is relevant.

The "Cached" link will be missing for sites that have not been indexed, as well as for sites whose owners have requested we not cache their content.


So how will the cache affect you? For example, if you posted something in your blog which you regretted later and then deleted it away, the cached version might still be available till the next time Google crawled your site again, so beware if your blog contains defamatory or private contents.

Here are some commands used to type in Google search engine to check about your website/blog status.

site: Indexed pages in your site site:allaboutinternetsecrets.blogspot.com
link: Pages that link to your site's front page link:allaboutinternetsecrets.blogspot.com
cache: The current cache of your site cache:allaboutinternetsecrets.blogspot.com
info: Information we have about your site info:allaboutinternetsecrets.blogspot.com
related: Pages that are similar to your site related:allaboutinternetsecrets.blogspot.com

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Archiving Monster somewhere out there?

Labels: Posted by Edmond on at 8:35 PM

Do you know there is a bot working very hard every day, every min, out there crawling for websites to archive?

To date 85 billions sites have been archived. Can you believe it? It is 85 billions websites. It would take a lifetime if we were to browse all the sites out there.

Yes, the monster is called Internet Archive. Also, with the WayBackMachine, you can browse what a certain website looks like all the way back till 1996, the year Internet Archive was founded.

The Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that was founded to build an Internet library, with the purpose of offering permanent access for researchers, historians, and scholars to historical collections that exist in digital format. Founded in 1996 and located in the Presidio of San Francisco, the Archive has been receiving data donations from Alexa Internet and others. In late 1999, the organization started to grow to include more well-rounded collections. Now the Internet Archive includes texts, audio, moving images, and software as well as archived web pages in our collections.

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Warning! Beware of what you are searching on the net.

Labels: Posted by Edmond on 22.11.08 at 10:45 PM

Warning, warning, warning! You are being monitored on your search activities.

Most people would be aware of and are active user of Google such as Gmail, Picasa and Google search. As long as you are logged on to Google, you are being tracked.

Don't worry, if you are feeling uneasy, you can disable the function.

"Your web history has been paused.
This service will not collect any history until you choose to resume. Resume. Learn more."

However if you want to continue to use this function, here are the advantage:

  • View and manage your web activity.
    You know that great web site you saw online and now can't find? From now on, you can. With Web History, you can view and search across the full text of the pages you've visited, including Google searches, web pages, images, videos and news stories. You can also manage your web activity and remove items from your web history at any time.

  • Get the search results most relevant to you.
    Web History helps deliver more personalized search results based on the things you've searched for on Google and the sites you've visited. You might not notice a big impact on your search results early on, but they should steadily improve over time the more you use Web History.

  • Follow interesting trends in your web activity.
    Which sites do you visit frequently? How many searches did you do between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.? Web History can tell you about these and other interesting trends in your web activity.

    • So the decision is up to you whether you find this function useful or you want to have some privacy over your search data.

    Explore Google History NOW.

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    What Search Patterns, Trends, and Surprises reveal people are searching?

    Labels: Posted by Edmond on at 9:10 PM

    Do you know that whatever keywords you googled will be complied into a database of search trends?


    Google zeitgeist will give you an insight into global, regional, past and present search trends. So what is actually zeitgeist? As defined in Google zeitgeist:

    zeit·geist | Pronunciation: 'tsIt-"gIst, 'zIt | Function: noun | Etymology: German, from Zeit (time) + Geist (spirit) | Date: 1884 | Meaning: the general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era.

    "Zeitgeist" means "the spirit of the times", and Google reveals this spirit through the aggregation of millions of search queries they receive every day.

    Fastest Rising (global) search in 2007.

    1. iphone
    2. badoo
    3. facebook
    4. dailymotion
    5. webkinz
    Another interesting search trends to note:


    Also available is Google Trends, which allows a broad look at search query data and allows user to enter up to five search terms to compare their relative popularity over time.

    Google Hot Trends reveals the top 100 fastest-rising search queries right now and is updated throughout the day. However, currently Hot Trends is compiling search queries results only from the USA.

    Explore Google zeitgesit NOW.


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    Internet Traffic Ranking - What people are browsing?

    Labels: Posted by Edmond on at 2:02 AM

    Do you know what websites people are browsing? In fact, there is a way to know. It can be viewed according to top global websites, by country, language or category.

    As of today, world top site is Yahoo! (www.yahoo.com) , followed by Google! (www.google.com). The ranking in Singapore is Yahoo came first followed by Youtube, Windows Live and Google Singapore (www.google.com.sg) respectively.

    Are you surprised by the finding that Yahoo have more traffic? Actually Yahoo is leading only by a margin.


    Disclamier : Results are taken from Alexa and author assume no responsibility from the use of data.

    Also from the site, you can also compare the traffic of up to three websites and get traffic information about a particular website.

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