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.