Google Advanced Search Operators

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Google as a search engine supports many advanced operators, which are questionary words which have special meaning to Google search engine. Basically these operators are the modified one for the search in a particular way, or even explains Google as perform different search methods. For example, “link:” itself is a special type of operator, and the query [link:www.google.com] will not perform a genuine search but will find entire web pages which will have links related to www.google.com.

Here in this artice I am highlighting the readers with some of the Google advanced search operators which will help in using Google search engine more efficiently and in a fast mode.

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1. Cache:
   
   You are including other words in the query, then Google as a serach engine will enlight that particular words in that cached document. For example, [cache:www.google.com web] will make you view the cached content within the word “web” enlighted.
   
   This function can be accessed by just clicking on the “Cached” link on Google’s search engines main results page.
   
   The query [cache:] will display the version of the web page that Google has provided in its cache. For example, [cache:www.google.com] will display Google’s cache of the Google search engine homepage. Also see that there are no spaces between the “cache:” and the web page url.
   
2. Link:
   
   The query [link:] will display a list of webpages that will provide links to the specific webpage. For example, [link:www.google.com] will display a list of webpages that provides a link pointing to the Google search engine homepage. If there is no space between the “link:” and the web page url.
   
   This will also function in order to access from the Advanced Search page, below Page Specific Search > Links.
   
3. Related:
   
   The query [related:] will dispaly a list of web pages that are “similar” to a specific web page. For example, [related:www.google.com] will display a list of web pages which are similar to the Google search engine homepage. If there is no space between the “related:” and the web page url.
   
   This will function as to access by clicking on the “Similar Pages” link on Google search engine main result page, and from the Advanced Search page, below Page Specific Search > Similar.
   
4. Info:
   
   The query [info:] will display specified details that Google as a search engine has about that particular web page. For example, [info:www.google.com] display some information about the Google search engine homepage. Make sure that no space lies between the “info:” and the web page url.
   
   This will function as to access by typing the web page url directly into a Google search engine box.
   
5. Define:
   
   The query [define:] will explain a definition of the words as you enter, which is actually gathered from various online resources. The definition will be applicable for the complete phrase entered which will also include all the words in the appropriate order you have typed in.
   
6. Stocks:
   
   If you try a query with the [stocks:] operator, Google search engine will examine rest of the query as per termed as stock ticker symbols, and will try to link a page displaying stock information for those symbols. For example, [stocks: intc yhoo] will display information about Intel and Yahoo. As you should type the ticker symbols, not the company name.
   
   This will function as an available if you search just on the stock symbols (e.g. [ intc yhoo ]) and then click on the “Show stock quotes” link on the results page.
   
7. Site:
   
   If you insert [site:] in your query, Google will restrict the results to those websites in the given domain. For instance, [help site:www.google.com] will find pages about help within www.google.com. [help site:com] will find pages about help within .com urls. Note there can be no space between the “site:” and the domain.
   
   This will function as an available through Advanced Search page, below Advanced Web Search > Domains.
   

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1. Allintitle:
   
   If you start a query with [allintitle:], Google will restrict the results to those with all of the query words in the title. For instance, [allintitle: google search] will return only documents that have both “google” and “search” in the title.
   
   This functionality is also available through Advanced Search page, under Advanced Web Search > Occurrences.
   
2. Intitle:
   
   If you include [intitle:] in your query, Google will restrict the results to documents containing that word in the title. For instance, [intitle:google search] will return documents that mention the word “google” in their title, and mention the word “search” anywhere in the document (title or no). Note there can be no space between the “intitle:” and the following word.
   
   Putting [intitle:] in front of every word in your query is equivalent to putting [allintitle:] at the front of your query: [intitle:google intitle:search] is the same as [allintitle: google search].
   
3. Allinurl:
   
   If you start a query with [allinurl:], Google will restrict the results to those with all of the query words in the url. For instance, [allinurl: google search] will return only documents that have both “google” and “search” in the url.
   
   Note that [allinurl:] works on words, not url components. In particular, it ignores punctuation. Thus, [allinurl: foo/bar] will restrict the results to page with the words “foo” and “bar” in the url, but won’t require that they be separated by a slash within that url, that they be adjacent, or that they be in that particular word order. There is currently no way to enforce these constraints.
   
   This functionality is also available through Advanced Search page, under Advanced Web Search > Occurrences.
   
4. Inurl:
   
   If you include [inurl:] in your query, Google will restrict the results to documents containing that word in the url. For instance, [inurl:google search] will return documents that mention the word “google” in their url, and mention the word “search” anywhere in the document (url or no). Note there can be no space between the “inurl:” and the following word.
   
   Putting “inurl:” in front of every word in your query is equivalent to putting “allinurl:” at the front of your query: [inurl:google inurl:search] is the same as [allinurl: google search].
   
5. World * warcraft:
   
   The words world and warcraft separated by exactly one word
   
6. Nokia Phone $100…300
   
   Search withing a range of numbers for a Nokia Phone between $100…300
   
7. safesearch: Adult Education
   
   Search for adult education material without returning adult sites

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