"&" in search for site:domain.com

[Sandra_h]

Hi,

a few days ago we talked to a seo agency.

They told us something about the "site:" search, that we hadn't heard before.
As they told us, a search for "site:domain.com/&" would give you the number of relevant pages that Google indexed for your domain.

We tested this search with some domains. Lots of the results showed up to 25% less indexed pages, than the search for site:domain.com/

Has anyone heard of this before, or is it just a sales gimmick?

[DeanAndrews]

Not sure about the & (That doesn't mean it's not true) however if you are interested in search operators have a look here on Moz : http://moz.com/blog/25-killer-combos-for-googles-site-operator

If you want to know how many pages are indexed by Google then use the WMT here http://www.google.com/webmasters/