Getting information from the net is easy. But is it all that RELEVANT? Searching Google is definitely an art especially if you are aware about the basics of search features. Gone are those days where people used to sit before green color Unix consoles to hack the corporate servers. Now with Google search, getting information is very easy. Hey… I am not discussing hacking here, just searching using Google. But it can get credit card numbers, passwords, etc. You will have to ensure your safety so that you won’t fall trap to these features.
Remember Google caches the website particulars in its own site. So that way even if you remove information from your corporate site, Google’s cached site will always display the information. If I sound Greek and Latin, you must definitely educate yourself by visiting the site: www.johnny.ihackstuff.com
You would find a presentation on Google hacking that essentially uses advanced Google search techniques. These techniques can be used to get those hidden documents, which has been evading our search criteria.
For beginners, this link would be of some use:
http://www.google.com/help/cheatsheet.html
