Google Search Guide
| (A printable PDF version is available.) | ||||
| Basic Examples | ||||
| This Search | Finds Pages Containing... | |||
| biking Italy | the words biking and Italy | |||
| recycle steel OR iron | information on recycling steel or recycling iron | |||
| "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 dictionaries, 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 | |||
| Calculator | ||||
| Operators | Meaning | Type Into Search Box (& Results) | ||
| + – * / | 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 | ||
| Restrict Search | ||||
| Operators | Meaning | Type Into Search Box (& Results) | ||
| city1 city2 | Book flights. | sfo bos (Book flights from San Francisco (SFO) to Boston (BOS).) | ||
| site: | Search only one website or domain. | Halloween site:www.census.gov (Search for information on Halloween gathered by the US Census Bureau.) | ||
| [#]..[#] | Search within a range of numbers. | Dave Barry pirate 2002..2006 (Search for Dave Barry articles mentioning pirates written in these years.) | ||
| filetype: (or ext:) | Find documents of the specified type. | Form 1098-T IRS filetype:pdf (Find the US tax form 1098-T in PDF format.) | ||
| link: | Find linked pages, i.e., show pages that point to the URL. | link:warriorlibrarian.com (Find pages that link to Warrior Librarian's website.) | ||
| Specialized Information Queries | ||||
| Operators | Meaning | Type Into Search Box (& Results) | ||
| book (or books) | Search full-text of books. | book Ender's Game (Show book-related information. Note: No colon needed after book.) | ||
| define, what is, what are | Show a definition for a word or phrase. | define monopsony, what is podcast (Show a definition for the words monopsony and podcast. Note: No colon after define, what is, or what are.) | ||
| define: | Provide definitions for words, phrases, and acronyms from the Web. | define:kerning (Find definitions for kerning from the Web.) | ||
| phonebook: | Show all phonebook listings. | phonebook: Disney CA (Search for Disney's phone numbers in California - CA.) | ||
| rphonebook: | Show residential phonebook listings. | rphonebook: bill jones NY (Search for the phone number of every Bill Jones in New York State - NY.) | ||
| movie: | Find reviews and showtimes. | movie: traffic (Search for information about this movie, including reviews, showtimes, etc.) | ||
| stocks: | Given ticker symbols, show stock information | stocks: goog (Find Google's current stock price.) | ||
| weather | Given a location (US zip code or city), show the weather | weather Seattle WA, weather 81612 (Show the current weather and forecast. Note: No colon after weather.) | ||
| Alternative Query Types | ||||
| Operators | Meaning | Type Into Search Box (& Results) | ||
| cache: | Display Google's cached version of a web page. | cache:www.irs.gov (Show Google's cached version of the US Internal Revenue Service home page.) | ||
| info: (or id:) | Find info about a page. | info:www.theonion.com (Find information about The Onion website.) | ||
| related: | List web pages that are similar or related to the URL. | related:www.healthfinder.gov (Find websites related to the Healthfinder website.) | ||
| 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 the in 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.) | ||
| Restrict Search to Google Groups | ||||
| Operators | Meaning | Type Into Search Box (& Results) | ||
| 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. | ivan doig group:rec.arts.books (Search for postings about Ivan Doig in the group rec.arts.books.) | ||
| insubject: | Find Groups messages containing crazy quilts in the subject. | insubject:"crazy quilts" (Find articles containing crazy quilts in the subject line.) | ||
| Restrict Search to Google News | ||||
| Operators | Meaning | Type Into Search Box (& Results) | ||
| 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.) | ||
| Restrict Search to Froogle | ||||
| Operators | Meaning | Type Into Search Box (& Results) | ||
| store: | Find Froogle products from the specified store. | jeans store:gap (Find Gap jeans.) | ||
| About This Cheat Sheet | |||
| For more tips, tricks, & examples, visit www.GoogleGuide.com. By Nancy Blachman, Tasha Bergson-Michelson, & Jerry Peek who don't work for Google. Thank you Matt Vance for the idea of creating a Google Guide cheat sheet. | |||
| This page was last modified on Tuesday September 18, 2007 | |||
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