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reader@×××××××.com wrote: |
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> How can I tell ahead of time or quickly what the vintage of a |
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> webpage that looks interesting is? |
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In general: you can't. If a page does not contain the date it was |
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made, there's no other way to find out. |
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> Here is an example page: |
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> http://dvr.about.com/od/capturetvwithacomputer/ht/htnti.htm |
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> How can I tell quickly when this was written? |
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This particular one's easy: it contains a meta tag with 21-Aug-2006 |
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in it. Use Ctrl+U in Firefox or Konqueror to see the source text. |
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> A related point is how accurate is it to use the google advanced |
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> search and specify `last 3 mnths' or the like? |
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Zero. Several times I've tried using it, but still pages and posts |
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from 2005, 2004 and older show up. It's useless. |
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Benno |
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