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An update on the site: operator
June 02, 2006
We've fixed the
issue with site:
queries
for domains with punctuation in them. We are still working on site: operator queries for domains
that include a trailing slash at the end (such as site:www.example.com/
), so you may
get better results for now by omitting the trailing slash in your queries. The
Index Stats page
of Google Sitemaps no longer uses the trailing slash for its queries, so you should see correct
results when using this page.
Thanks for your feedback and patience.
Posted by Vanessa Fox
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