GOOGLE GUIDEQuick Reference: Google Advanced Operators (Cheat Sheet)by Nancy Blachman – nancy at googleguide.com (replace at with @)
BASIC EXAMPLES FINDS PAGES CONTAINING...
holiday travel the words holiday and travel
Bermuda OR Greece either the word Bermuda or the word Greece
"I have a dream" the exact phrase I have a dream
salsa –dance the word salsa but NOT the word dance
Star Wars Episode +I this movie title, including the roman numeral I
Google ~Guide Google info for both the word guide and its synonyms: help, tutorial, tips, etc.
define:phishing definitions of the word phishing from the Web
CALCULATOR MEANING TYPE INTO SEARCH BOX
+ – * / basic arithmetic
12 + 34 - 56 * 7 / 8% of percentage of
45% of 39^ or ** raise to a power
2^5 or
2**5old units in new units convert units
300 Euros in USD,
130 lbs in kg, or
31 in hexRESTRICT SEARCH MEANING WHAT TO TYPE INTO SEARCH BOX
(& DESCRIPTION OF RESULTS)
site: Search only one website or domain.
admission site:www.lse.ac.uk,
admission site:edu(Search for admisions info at LSE‘s website & in the edu domain.)
[#]..[#] Search within a range of numbers.
DVD player $100..150(Search for DVD players between $100 and $150.)
filetype:(or ext:) Find documents of the specified type.
Google Reference filetype:pdf(Find Google references in pdf format.)
link: Find linked pages, i.e., show pages that point to the URL.
link:www.googleguide.com(Find pages that link to
Google Guide‘s website.)
safesearch: Exclude adult-content.
safesearch: sex education(Search for sex education material without returning adult sites.)
SPECIALIZED INFORMATION QUERIESbook(or books) Search full-text of books.
book Alice in Wonderland(Show book-related information.
Note: No colon needed after book.)
define, what is, what are Show a definition for a word or phrase.
define blog,
what is ram(Show a definition for the words blog and ram.
Note: No colon after define, what is, or what are.)
define: Provide definitions for words, phrases, and acronyms from the Web.
define:callipygian(Find web pages containing definitions for callipygian.)
phonebook: Show all phonebook listings.
phonebook: Disney CA(Search for Disney‘s phone numbers.)
bphonebook: Show business phonebook listings.
bphonebook: Hearst Castle San Simeon CA (Search for the Hearst Castle phone numbers.)
rphonebook: Show residential phonebook listings.
rphonebook: Monty Python Oakland CA(Search for the phone number of Monty Python.)
movie: Find reviews and showtimes.
movie: The Wizard of Oz(Search for information about this movie.)
stocks: Given ticker symbols, show stock information
stocks: goog(Find Google‘s current stock price.)
weather weather Mountain View CA(Show the current weather and forecast.
Note: No colon after weather.)
ALTERNATIVE QUERY TYPES
cache: Display Google‘s cached version of a web page.
cache:www.minezone.org(Show Google‘s cached version of
MineZone.org‘s home page.)
info:(or id:) Find info about a page.
info:www.googleguide.com(Find information about the
Google Guide website.)
related: List web pages that are similar or related to the URL.
related:www.googleguide.com(Find websites related to the
Google Guide website.)
RESTRICT SEARCH TO SITES WHERE QUERY WORDS APPEAR
allinanchor: All query words must appear in anchor text of links to the page.
allinanchor: S-and-S Coupling(Search for pages in which the anchor text contains "S-and-S coupling".)
inanchor: Terms must appear in anchor text of links to the page.
restaurants inanchor:gourmet(Search for pages on restaurants for which links to the page mention the word "gourmet".)
allintext: All query words must appear the in text of the page.
allintext: travel packing list(Search for pages in which "travel," "packing," & "list" appear in the text of the page.)
intext: The terms must appear in
the text of the page.
Hamish Reid intext:pandemonia(Find pages on Hamish Reid where his company Pandemonia is included in the text of the page.)
allintitle: All query words must appear in the title of the page.
allintitle: Google Advanced Operators(Search for pages with titles containing "Google," "Advanced,", and "Operators".)
intitle: The terms must appear in the title of the page.
flu shot intitle:help(Search for pages with the words "flu" and "shot" that include "help" in the title of the page.)
allinurl: All query words must appear in the URL.
allinurl: google faq(Search for pages containing the words "google" & "faq" in the URL.)
inurl: The terms must appear in the URL of the page.
inurl:print site:www.googleguide.com(Search for pages on Google Guide in which the URL contains the word "print.")
RESTRICT SEARCH TO
GOOGLE GROUPSauthor: Find Groups messages from the specified author.
flying author:Hamish author:Reid(Search for Hamish Reid‘s articles on flying.)
group: Find Groups messages from the specified newsgroup.
sleep groups:misc.kids.moderated(Search for articles on sleep in the group misc.kids.moderated.")
insubject: Find Groups messages containing the terms in the subject.
insubject:"falling asleep"(Find articles containing "falling asleep" in the subject line.)
RESTRICT SEARCH TO
GOOGLE NEWSlocation: Find News articles from sources located in the specified location.
queen location:uk(Find British news articles on the Queen.)
source: Find News articles from specified sources.
peace source:ha_aretz(Show articles on peace from the Israeli newspaper Ha‘aretz.)
RESTRICT SEARCH TO
FROOGLEstore: Find Froogle products from the specified store.
sun hats store:llbean(Find L.L. Bean sun hats.)
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