Techniques to locate links

Here are examples of Web 1.0 pages where it is important to find links:

• Golf Cross

• The First Male Pregnancy

• Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus

Use this technique to locate links to a page:

1. The advanced operator link: retrieves all the pages in the database that contain a link to the page in question.
2. For example, link:http://21cif.imsa.edu/ retrieves all the pages that link to the Information Fluency home page.
3. Google, Yahoo! and similar search engines provide a copy-paste shortcut in Advanced Search (pages that link to).
4. Note: there must be no space after link: otherwise the query becomes a search for link AND whatever url was pasted in.
5. If the page is not indexed in a search engine, look for an application that is able to analyze relationships in the site (for example, in twitter, find an application that visualizes relationships among tweeps)

Use this technique to locate links from a page:

1. Different browers offer variations on this command. In Firefox, Tools > Page Info > Links retrieves the list of all the links on the page.

Interactive MicroModule Tutorial: Links To

Next: Evaluate these links

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