Google Search Operators: 

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Google Search operators are powerful tools that allow users to refine and focus search results. Here’s a comprehensive guide to various Google Search operators, including the common ones and those you’ve mentioned:

Google Search operators

    1. Quotation Marks ” “

Usage: Surround a phrase with quotes to search for that exact phrase.

Example: “digital marketing strategies” returns results that contain this exact phrase.

    1. OR Operator (OR or |)

Usage: Use OR between terms to find pages that include either one term or the other.

Example: branding OR marketing returns results that contain either “branding” or “marketing.”

    1. AND Operator

Usage: Google automatically uses AND between words, meaning results must contain both terms.

Example: branding marketing is equivalent to branding AND marketing.

    1. Hyphen (-)

Usage: Place a hyphen before a word to exclude pages containing that word.

Example: digital marketing -advertising excludes results that contain “advertising.”

    1. Asterisk (*)

Usage: Use an asterisk as a wildcard to replace a word or phrase.

Example: digital * strategies might return “digital marketing strategies” or “digital media strategies.”

    1. Parentheses (( ))

Usage: Group terms or operators together to control the search logic.

Example: (branding OR marketing) strategies finds pages that contain “branding strategies” or “marketing strategies.”

    1. Define:

Usage: Use this operator to get a definition of a word or phrase.

Example: define:branding provides definitions for “branding.”

    1. Cache:

Usage: View the cached version of a page as stored by Google.

Example: cache:example.com shows the cached version of “example.com.”

    1. filetype

Usage: Find files of a specific type by specifying the extension.

Example: digital marketing filetype:pdf returns PDF documents related to digital marketing.

    1. Site:

Usage: Restrict search results to a specific website.

Example: site:example.com branding returns results about “branding” from “example.com.”

    1. Related:

Usage: Find sites similar to the one you specify.

Example: related:example.com returns sites similar to “example.com.”

    1. Intitle:

Usage: Search for pages with a specific word in the title.

Example: intitle:branding returns pages with “branding” in the title.

    1. Allintitle:

Usage: Search for pages with all the specified words in the title.

Example: allintitle:branding strategies finds pages with both “branding” and “strategies” in the title.

    1. Inurl:

Usage: Search for pages with a specific word in the URL.

Example: inurl:branding returns pages with “branding” in the URL.

    1. Allinurl:

Usage: Search for pages with all the specified words in the URL.

Example: allinurl:branding strategies finds pages with both “branding” and “strategies” in the URL.

    1. Intext:

Usage: Search for pages containing a specific word in the body text.

Example: intext:branding finds pages where “branding” appears in the text.

    1. Allintext:

Usage: Search for pages containing all the specified words in the body text.

Example: allintext:branding strategies returns pages with both “branding” and “strategies” in the text.

    1. Weather:

Usage: Get the current weather for a specific location.

Example: weather:New York shows the current weather in New York.

    1. Stocks:

Usage: Get information about a specific stock ticker.

Example: stocks:AAPL shows the current stock information for Apple Inc.

    1. Map:

Usage: Find a map for a specific location.

Example: map:San Francisco displays a map of San Francisco.

    1. Movie:

Usage: Search for information about a specific movie.

Example: movie:Inception returns information about the movie “Inception.”

    1. Source:

Usage: Use this operator to specify a source in Google News.

Example: source:NYTimes searches for news from “The New York Times.”

    1. Before: and After:

Usage: Find pages published before or after a certain date.

Example: marketing before:2020 returns pages about marketing published before 2020.

Example: marketing after:2020 returns pages about marketing published after 2020.

    1. AROUND(X)

Usage: Find pages where two terms appear close to each other, with “X” specifying the maximum number of words between them.

Example: digital AROUND(3) marketing finds pages where “digital” and “marketing” appear within three words of each other.

    1. Numrange (..)

Usage: Search within a range of numbers, often used for years, prices, or other numerical data.

Example: best laptops $500..$1000 returns results for laptops within the price range of $500 to $1000.

Example: Olympics 2000..2020 returns results about the Olympics held between 2000 and 2020.

    1. inanchor:

Usage: Search for pages that contain specific words in the anchor text of backlinks.

Example: inanchor:”click here” returns pages that are linked to with the anchor text “click here.”

    1. allinanchor:

Usage: Search for pages that contain all specified words in the anchor text.

Example: allinanchor:branding marketing returns pages that are linked to with anchor texts containing both “branding” and “marketing.”

    1. Link:

Usage: Find pages that link to a specific URL.

Example: link:example.com shows pages that link to “example.com.”

    1. Location:

Usage: Search for news or other location-specific information.

Example: festival location:Berlin returns news or events related to festivals in Berlin.

    1. Author:

Usage: Find content written by a specific author, usually used in Google News.

Example: author:”John Doe” finds articles written by “John Doe.”

    1. inbody:

Usage: Search for pages with specific words in the body text.

Example: inbody:”digital marketing” returns pages where “digital marketing” is mentioned in the body text.

    1. allinbody:

Usage: Similar to inbody:, but for multiple words. All specified words must appear in the body text.

Example: allinbody:digital marketing strategies returns pages with all these words in the body text.

    1. SafeSearch:

Usage: Use this operator to filter out explicit content from your search results.

Example: safesearch:example query will return results with explicit content filtered out.

    1. “VERBATIM”

Usage: Search using Google’s “verbatim” tool, which provides results exactly matching your query without Google’s usual interpretation.

Example: _verbatim_ digital marketing strategies provides results without synonyms, similar terms, or expanded results.

    1. intext: (variant of intext)

Usage: While intext: and allintext: search the body text, another variant is using intext multiple times for different words.

Example: intext:digital intext:marketing searches for pages that mention both “digital” and “marketing” anywhere in the text, regardless of order.

    1. inposttitle:

Usage: Find blog posts with specific words in the post title.

Example: inposttitle:branding returns blog posts with “branding” in the title.

    1. Daterange:

Usage: Search within a specific date range using Julian dates. It’s not widely used but can be handy for precise date filtering.

Example: olympics daterange:2452389-2454489 returns results for the Olympics within this Julian date range.

    1. Around(10):

Usage: Similar to AROUND(X), but specifically limits to a proximity of 10 words.

Example: branding AROUND(10) strategy finds results where “branding” and “strategy” are within 10 words of each other.

    1. Phonebook:

Usage: Find phonebook listings for a person or business (Note: This is no longer widely supported).

Example: phonebook:John Doe New York returns phonebook listings for John Doe in New York.

    1. Blogurl:

Usage: Search for blogs that contain a specific URL (mainly used in Google Blog Search).

Example: blogurl:example.com returns blogs that link to “example.com.”

    1. Source:

Usage: When using Google News, you can specify a source.

Example: climate change source:BBC returns news about climate change from BBC.

    1. Hashtag (#)

Usage: Search for content using specific hashtags (often works better on social media-related searches).

Example: #digitalmarketing returns content that includes the hashtag “#digitalmarketing.”

    1. Around(N)

Usage: Limits the proximity of two search terms.

Example: digital AROUND(5) marketing will find results where “digital” and “marketing” appear within five words of each other.

    1. Inmeta:

Usage: Search within a specific meta tag or custom meta field on a website.

Example: inmeta:author=”John Doe” searches for content by “John Doe” in a specific meta field.

    1. Inpub:

Usage: Specifically useful in Google Scholar, it searches for publications from a certain source or publisher.

Example: inpub:IEEE returns scholarly articles published by IEEE.