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Searching Techniques
7/ Looking for directories of information can be useful. Many websites that are hosted on Apache servers for example that do not have index.htm files located in the root of each sub-directory will generally show up a list of that directory’s contents when you open the folder. To find them I generally use two search terms, ‘index of’ keyword, and ‘parent directory’ keyword. Thus, when using search terms like the following: “index of” mcse “parent directory” mcse …you’ll come across many sites which only result in a directory listing of files and folders, many of which contain good information for studying. Note: The sites that you’re interested in here will be ones where the title of the page starts with something like Index of /directory1/directory2/mcse or something like that, like the example below:
I had to blank out the specific details of the site but this should give you a fair idea of what you're looking for, and the kind of things you might find on a page such as this. If it has a customized title like ‘Bill’s MCSE page’ then that’s not what we’re looking for (but of course, make sure to visit Bill’s page also because there could be some good stuff there too). This is also a good technique to use with the filetype extensions from before (but you don't need to use the 'filetype' command in this situation), such as: “index of” ccna pdf “parent directory” ccna txt “parent directory” mcse doc and so on….
Now, as far as searching the Internet is concerned, all of these suggestions and examples have been based on the Google search engine, but most of the big 4 (and many of the smaller ones) offer advanced searching techniques. Take a little time to get the hang of these methods and use a little brain power when making your searches and you’ll be well on your way to finding all the information that you need. A word of caution however: Don’t totally rely on one source of information as being 100% correct, particularly if you cannot verify the source of that information. This is where books and professionally developed software from legitimate suppliers can give you peace of mind.
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