See your new pagerank on www2.google.com

**dvduval** · 04-12-2003, 01:15 AM

This took me less than 1 minute.

Depending on which version of Windows you are running,
go to:
c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
or
c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Note: hosts is a file in the etc folder

and insert this line:
216.239.33.100 toolbarqueries.google.com
(I used wordpad to open the file)

**weblord** · 08-24-2003, 08:37 AM

great contrib

**nakulgoyal** · 09-07-2003, 07:44 PM

Indeed.

**universal4** · 09-15-2003, 01:00 AM

Is this automatic?

Must you close and reopen either the toolbar or your browser?

Rick
Universal4

**Bompa** · 10-12-2003, 05:38 AM

I didn't follow you. What was the point of putting that line
in the host file?

The host file only helps to resolve ip#

Bompa

**david** · 10-13-2003, 06:53 AM

The idea behind that was that you would point your computer to a different IP when it requested that URL, so yoiu could force the toolbar to look up the value from a different server to the one it actually was supposed to use.

**Bompa** · 10-13-2003, 08:52 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by david
The idea behind that was that you would point your computer to a different IP when it requested that URL, so yoiu could force the toolbar to look up the value from a different server to the one it actually was supposed to use.

Ah ok, thanks for that explanation.

Now I'll really show my newbiness, why would we want to query a different server?

Bompa

**david** · 10-13-2003, 12:00 PM

In the past Google used to have what was known as the 'Google Dance' where the new version of the database was placed on the www2 and www3 servers before being launched on the main www one. During this time, quering the www2 server would allow you to get a preview of what your page rank would be.

**easyhomeremedy** · 04-14-2007, 08:35 PM

where did you find this tip?