Keywords
| Filter | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| allintext | Searches for occurrences of all the keywords given. | allintext:"keyword" |
| intext | Searches for the occurrences of keywords all at once or one at a time. | intext:"keyword" |
| inurl | Searches for a URL matching one of the keywords. | inurl:"keyword" |
| allinurl | Searches for a URL matching all the keywords in the query. | allinurl:"keyword" |
| intitle | Searches for occurrences of keywords in title all or one. | intitle:"keyword" |
| allintitle | Searches for occurrences of keywords all at a time. | allintitle:"keyword" |
| site | Specifically searches that particular site and lists all the results for that site. | site:"www.google.com" |
| filetype | Searches for a particular filetype mentioned in the query. | filetype:"pdf" |
| link | Searches for external links to pages. | link:"keyword" |
| numrange | Used to locate specific numbers in your searches. | numrange:321-325 |
| before/after | Used to search within a particular date range. | filetype:pdf & (before:2000-01-01 after:2001-01-01) |
| allinanchor (and also inanchor) | This shows sites which have the keyterms in links pointing to them, in order of the most links. | inanchor:rat |
| allinpostauthor (and also inpostauthor) | Exclusive to blog search, this one picks out blog posts that are written by specific individuals. | allinpostauthor:"keyword" |
| related | List web pages that are “similar” to a specified web page. | related:www.google.com |
| cache | Shows the version of the web page that Google has in its cache. | cache:www.google.com |
Operators
| Operator | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Exact Term | results must contains exactly the input | "CVE" |
| OR | Results must match either input | site:facebook.com | site:twitter.com |
| AND | Results must match both input | site:facebook.com & intext:"login" |
Operators combinaison
(site:facebook.com | site:twitter.com) & intext:"login"
(site:facebook.com | site:twitter.com) (intext:"login")
Include results
Order results by the number of occurrence of the keyword.
-site:facebook.com +site:facebook.*
Exclude results
Every site but facebook.com
site:facebook.* -site:facebook.com
Synonyms
Adding a tilde to a search word tells Google that you want it to bring back synonyms for the term as well.
“~set” will bring back results that include words like “configure”, “collection” and “change” which are all synonyms of “set”.
~set
Glob pattern (*)
Putting an asterisk in a search tells Google ‘I don’t know what goes here’. Basically, it’s really good for finding half remembered song lyrics or names of things.
site:*.com