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Advanced Google Searches

Useful features for more advanced searches in google search engine.

Matching Operators

Operator Description
”” Matches exactly what’s in the quotes. Overrides spell correction.
-word Excludes that word from the search.
* Wildcard which can be used to replace words or phrases. Useful if you can’t remember some part of a phrase.
word1 AROUND(#) word2 Find pages which have word1 within # of words from word2.

Date Operators

Operator Description
BEFORE: Only results before that data
AFTER: Only results after that date

Source Operators

Operator Description
site:name.net Filters by that domain name.
filetype:pdf Filters by filetype. In this case pdf.
loc:SF Changed location fo the search
blogurl:name.net Filters by blogs of that site
cache:name.net If the site is down it gets the cached version of the site.

Boolean operators

Operator Description
OR Searches for something or something else. This increases your results.
AND  

IN(URL/Title/Text/Anchor) Operators

Operator Description
inurl: Searches in the url
intitle: Searches in the title
intext: Searches in the text of the website
inalchor: Invisible links to other webpages.

Utility Operators

Operator Description
define: Gives a definition of word
related:name.net Returns other sites relative to that domain.
ip gives your ip address
$ in EUR Convert between units
weather:location Weather of that location
map:location Map of the location
stock:amzn Pulls up the stock from the ticker name
timer Pulls up timer
calc Pulls up calculator
tip calculator