Advanced Search Operators
Operator | Purpose | Example |
|---|---|---|
* | Use wildcards to search for unknown words in a phrase, or flexibly start or end a word | |
+ | Find results that must contain the term after the + | |
AND | Combine queries to return search results about both. | |
AROUND(n) | Restrict results to pages containing a word within n words of another word | |
NEAR | Returns results with text containing specific words in close proximity | |
NOT also ( - ) | Remove results containing specific text | |
OR also ( | ) | Combine queries to return search results about either | |
Repeat a search term | Find results skewed toward the repeated search term | |
after: | Search for results published after a date (use yyyy-mm-dd format) | |
allinanchor: | Find results that include specific terms as anchor text. “Anchor text” is the text that appears in a hyperlink, e.g., the word “TIME” in this link: TIME. This is different from the URL, which is the site a hyperlink links to | |
allintext: | Find results that include all of the terms in page text, but not necessarily all together | |
allintitle: | Include multiple words in the page's title | |
allinurl: | Require all specific words in the URL | |
before: | Search for results published before a date (yyyy-mm-dd) | |
cache: | Find previous versions of web pages (may be disabled on Google) | |
define: | Search for a definition | |
filetype: | Restrict results to a certain filetype, such as PDF. Google indexes these file types | |
first..last | Search for any number in a specific range | |
in | Convert from one unit to another (e.g. currencies, measurements, etc.) For currencies, use ISO 4217 three letter codes. | |
inanchor: | Search for pages linked to hyperlink anchors containing the following terms | |
intext: | Restrict results to pages that contain certain text. Most useful when using multiple operators | |
intitle: | Include the word or phrase in the page's title | |
inurl: | Include any of the specified words or phrases in the URL | |
link: | Finds pages that link to a specific URL. Combine with NOT to find pages that aren’t on the specific URL | |
location: | Search for results in a specific location | |
map: | Searches Google Maps and websites for an address | |
movie: | Search for results about a movie | |
related: | Find websites similar to a specific site | |
site: | Find pages on a specific website (or partial site address) by using wildcards | |
site: with topic | Find text on any page on a specific website | |
source: | Get results from a specific source | |
stock: | Search for financial information about a particular stock/security ticker symbol | |
weather: | Search for weather conditions in a geographical area | |
“” | Use quotation marks to find an exact phrase, preserving word order |