| 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 |
| "Nancy * Blachman" | | the words Nancy and Blachman separated by exactly one word |
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| 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**5 |
| old units in new units | | convert units | | 130 lbs in kg or 31 in hex |
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| RESTRICT SEARCH | | MEANING | | WHAT TO TYPE INTO SEARCH BOX
(& DESCRIPTION OF RESULTS) |
| site: | | Search only one website or domain. | | admission site:www.lse.ac.uk
(Search for admisions info at the London School of Economics.) |
| [#]..[#] | | 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.) |
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| SPECIALIZED INFORMATION QUERIES | |
book
(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 | | Given a location (zip code or city), show the weather | | weather Mountain View CA
(Show the current weather and forecast.
Note: No colon after weather.) |
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| ALTERNATIVE QUERY TYPES | |
| cache: | | Display Google's cached version of a web page. | | cache:www.googleguide.com
(Show Google's cached version of Google Guide'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.) |
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| 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 appearing the 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. | | eating inurl:healthy
(Search for pages containing the word "eating" whose URL contains the word "healthy.") |
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| RESTRICT SEARCH TO GOOGLE GROUPS | |
| author: | | 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.) |
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| RESTRICT SEARCH TO GOOGLE NEWS | |
| location: | | 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.) |
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| RESTRICT SEARCH TO FROOGLE | |
| store: | | Find Froogle products from the specified store. | | sun hats store:llbean
(Find L.L. Bean sun hats.) |