allinanchor:
If you start your query with allinanchor:, Google restricts results to pages containing all query terms you specify in the anchor text on links to the page. For example, [allinanchor: best museums sydney] will return only pages in which the anchor text on links to the pages contain the words “best,” “museums,” and “sydney.”
allintext:
If you start your query with allintext:, Google restricts results to those containing all the query terms you specify in the text of the page. For example, [allintext: travel packing list] will return only pages in which the words “travel,” “packing,” and “list” appear in the text of the page. This functionality can also be obtained through the Advanced Web Search page, under Occurrences.
allintitle:
If you start your query with allintitle:, Google restricts results to those containing all the query terms you specify in the title. For example, [allintitle: detect plagiarism] will return only documents that contain the words “detect” and “plagiarism” in the title. This functionality can also be obtained through the Advanced Web Search page, under Occurrences.
allinurl:
If you start your query with allinurl:, Google restricts results to those containing all the query terms you specify in the URL. For example, [allinurl: google faq] will return only documents that contain the words “google” and “faq” in the URL, such as “www.google.com/help/faq.html”. This functionality can also be obtained through the Advanced Web Search page, under Occurrences.
author:
If you include author: in your query, Google will restrict your Google Groups results to include newsgroup articles by the author you specify. The author can be a full or partial name or email address. For example, [children author:john author:doe] or [children author:doe@someaddress.com] return articles that contain the word “children” written by John Doe or doe@someaddress.com.
cache:
The query cache:url will display Google’s cached version of a web page, instead of the current version of the page. For example, [cache:www.fomaxtech.com] will show Google’s cached version of the Electronic Frontier Foundation home page.
Note: Do not put a space between cache: and the URL (web address).
define:
If you start your query with define:, Google shows definitions from pages on the web for the term that follows. This advanced search operator is useful for finding definitions of words, phrases, and acronyms. For example, [define:blog] will show definitions for “Blog” (weB LOG).
ext:
This is an undocumented alias for filetype:.
filetype:
If you include filetype:suffix in your query, Google will restrict the results to pages whose names end in suffix. For example, [web page evaluation checklist filetype:pdf] will return Adobe Acrobat pdf files that match the terms “web,” “page,” “evaluation,” and “checklist.” You can restrict the results to pages whose names end with pdf and doc by using the OR operator, e.g. [email security filetype:pdf OR filetype:doc].
group:
If you include group: in your query, Google will restrict your Google Groups results to newsgroup articles from certain groups or subareas. For example, [sleep group:misc.kids.moderated] will return articles in the group misc.kids.moderated that contain the word “sleep” and [sleep group:misc.kids] will return articles in the subarea misc.kids that contain the word “sleep.”
id:
This is an undocumented alias for info:.
inanchor:
If you include inanchor: in your query, Google will restrict the results to pages containing the query terms you specify in the anchor text or links to the page. For example, [restaurants inanchor:gourmet] will return pages in which the anchor text on links to the pages contain the word “gourmet” and the page contains the word “restaurants.”
info:
The query info:URL will present some information about the corresponding web page. For instance, [info:gothotel.com] will show information about the national hotel directory GotHotel.com home page.
Note: There must be no space between the info: and the web page URL.
This functionality can also be obtained by typing the web page URL directly into a Google search box.
insubject:
If you include insubject: in your query, Google will restrict articles in Google Groups to those that contain the terms you specify in the subject. For example, [insubject:”falling asleep”] will return Google Group articles that contain the phrase “falling asleep” in the subject.
Equivalent to intitle:.
intext:
The query intext:term restricts results to documents containing term in the text. For instance, [Hamish Reid intext:pandemonia] will return documents that mention the word “pandemonia” in the text, and mention the names “Hamish” and “Reid” anywhere in the document (text or not).
Note: There must be no space between the intext: and the following word.
Putting intext: in front of every word in your query is equivalent to putting allintext: at the front of your query, e.g., [intext:handsome intext:poets] is the same as [allintext: handsome poets].
intitle:
The query intitle:term restricts results to documents containing term in the title. For instance, [flu shot intitle:help] will return documents that mention the word “help” in their titles, and mention the words “flu” and “shot” anywhere in the document (title or not).
Note: There must 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, e.g., [intitle:google intitle:search] is the same as [allintitle: google search].
inurl:
If you include inurl: in your query, Google will restrict the results to documents containing that word in the URL. For instance, [inurl:print site:www.googleguide.com ] searches for pages on Google Guide in which the URL contains the word “print.” It finds pdf files that are in the directory or folder named “print” on the Google Guide website. The query [ inurl:healthy eating ] will return documents that mention the words “healthy” in their URL, and mention the word “eating” anywhere in the document.
Note: There must be no space between the inurl: and the following word.
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