HowTo: Refresh Top Site Page Icon (non-RSS)

I like Top Sites. I have four Google Sites pages that I used and Top Sites is a quick way to navigate between them. However, the Sites pages require a login and now all the icons in Top Sites for the Google Sites pages appear as the login page for Google Sites instead of the different Google Sites pages. This is annoying as I can't always remember which of the four Google Sites pages is which.
How do I refresh the cache that Top Sites has or force it to refresh its cache?

HI,
This is annoying as I can't always remember which of the four Google Sites pages is which.
For Google, you would be better off using Bookmarks instead.
Navigate to all four Google pages. From your Safari menu bar click Bookmarks, name them Google 1, 2, 3, and 4 individually. (Or however you wish to name the pages to keep them separate). Save to your Bookmarks Bar.
That's much easier then using TopSites for Google pages.
Carolyn

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