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Comments (8)
Hey there. Thanks for the link, but it seems to have added some random stuff to the end. You can get rid of the ?goback=.mcr_false_1_DATE.mid_693316036 bit.
Not sure where that came from!
Pete
Tue 6 Jan 2009, 16:59
Hi Pete, changed it! Thanks for noticing
Tue 6 Jan 2009, 20:45
Interesting find, thanks for letting us know.
Sun 11 Jan 2009, 19:49
@Seosean
You're welcome!
Wed 14 Jan 2009, 09:45
I didn't know that information was hidden there. Thanks for pointing it out.
Fri 16 Jan 2009, 22:40
If my website is on second page, surely I have to navigate to second page to see the SERP and find out the exact position of my site. How can I find with the help of above information about the exact ranking position of my site.
Sat 17 Jan 2009, 05:07
Yeah atul that's the same question arising in my mind....
Mon 30 Mar 2009, 12:06
Trying to understand this... But what if I want to find my own site searching on a specific keyword in google? If it´s listed a few thousand results down it´s a bit hard to scroll down to! Tips?
Fri 8 Jan 2010, 11:08