| Operator | Meaning |
| Pages containing keywords in: | |
| allinurl: / inurl: | – the URL |
| allintitle: / intitle: | – the Title |
| allintext: / intext: | – the text |
| allinanchor: / inanchor: | – the anchor text |
| filetype: | – file types |
| site: | Narrow results to a site |
| related: | Shows similar sites |
| info: | Shows page info |
| define | Gives a definition |
| The quotes (“”) | Search for a phrase |
| The minus (-) | Exclusion |
| OR | Alternatives |
| Numrange (..) – no longer works | Search for a range of numbers |
| Asterisk (*) | Stands for a word or a few words |
| AROUND (n) | Proximity search |
The above chart shows all of the currently supported advanced search operators in Google. (Google’s help no longer lists most of them!)
[Edited] In April 2019, Google introduced the operators before: and after: [Edited] October 2019: Numrange is back!Get the Boolean Basics class for extensive coverage of all things Boolean.
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Great list! What happened to the * operator to search for words that are near other words?
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Thanks for the reminder!
Can someone give me an example of a strong string that is effective for conference attendee lists? I am hit and miss with what is build.
Also useful is the “link:” keyword which finds all pages containing a link to the specified target.
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Terrence, link: is no longer a Google search operator.
Its very useful information about the google search operators. Its very helpful also. How to find missing factors in the content by using google search operator? can you give me any example of that?
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