1.
| Alternative Query Types | ||
| Operators | Meaning | Syntax OR Type Into Search Box (& Results) |
| cache: | Display Google’s cached version of a web page. | cache: https://prashantkumarsharma.wordpress.com
(Show Google’s cached version of my Blog’s home page.) |
| info: (or id:) | Find info about a page. | info:http://pacific-info.blogspot.com/(Find information about pacific-info blog.) |
| related: | List web pages that are similar or related to the URL. | related:www.healthfinder.gov(Find websites related to the Healthfinder website.) |
2.
| Basic Examples | |
| This Search | Finds Pages Containing… |
| biking India | the words biking and India |
| Sport basketball OR football | information on Sport basketball or Sport football |
| “I have a dream” | the exact phrase I have a dream |
| salsa –dance | the word salsa but ‘NOT’ the word dance |
| Louis +I France | information about Louis the First (I), weeding out other kings of France |
| castle ~glossary | glossaries about castles, as well as dictonaries, lists of terms, terminology, etc. |
| fortune-telling | all forms of the term, whether spelled as a single word, a phrase, or hyphenated |
| define:imbroglio | definitions of the word imbroglio from the Web |
3.
| Calculator | ||
| Operators | 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**5 |
| old units in new units | convert units | 300 Euros in USD, 130 lbs in kg, or 31 in hex |
4.
| Restrict Search to Sites where Query Words Appear | ||
| Operators | Meaning | Type Into Search Box (& Results) |
| allinanchor: | All query words must appear in anchor text of links to the page. | allinanchor:useful parenting sites(Search for pages that are called useful parenting sites by others.) |
| inanchor: | Terms must appear in anchor text of links to the page. | restaurants Portland inanchor:kid-friendly(Search for pages on Portland restaurants for which links to the page say they are “kid friendly.”) |
| allintext: | All query words must appear in the text of the page. | allintext:ingredients cilantro chicken lime(Search for recipes with these three ingredients.) |
| intext: | The terms must appear in the text of the page. | Dan Shugar intext:Powerlight(Find pages mentioning Dan Shugar where his company, Powerlight, is included in the text of the page, i.e., less likely to be from the corporate website.) |
| 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. | movies comedy intitle:top ten(Search for pages with the words movie and comedy that include top ten in the title of the page.) |
| allinurl: | All query words must appear in the URL. | allinurl:pez faq(Search for pages containing the words pez & faq in the URL.) |
| inurl: | The terms must appear in the URL of the page. | pharmaceutical inurl:investor(Search for pages in which the URL contains the word investor.) |
Prashant kumar sharma's Blog 