Step 2: Understand your Web applications

I recommend getting with whoever developed your Web site and getting a crash course in how the site works. Every Web application is different. Depending on the language that the site was coded in and on the skill of the person who built your site, the site may contain hidden links to pages that are not intended to be seen by the public. It's these hidden links that pose the biggest threat from Google hacks. Since your Web guy isn't likely to

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tell you about potentially damaging hidden links, it's best to get a list of every page in the site that the public should never see. Don't worry too much about backend pages that contain nothing but functions. Instead, focus your efforts on things like administrative consoles, mailing list interfaces, report generators, and things like that.

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