Google Search Tips and Techniques
You can make your search more efficient by learning some search basics Try these tips :
This ensures that the results returned to you will definatly consist of the word following the '+' sign. For Eg :
Search: reviews of +iPhone and iPod
This will show results containing the word reviews or iPod but the results will definatly consist of iPhone !
Using '-' sign before any word will ensure that the particular word will not be included in the results !
Using '~' before any word will return the results also containing the synonyms of the word !
- Search a particular site :
To search a particular website you can use the following syntax in the google search :
Search: site:www.xyz.com abc
For Eg :
Search: site:http://www.vkworld.do.am Google Search Tips
To get the definition of a word just use :
Search: define:abc
For Eg : Search: define:Computer
This will return you results which define 'Computer'.
- Find Pages similar to a page :
To find a page similar i.e. consisting of same type of content, use the following syntax :
Search: related:http://www.xyz.com/
- Search for exact phrase :
To search a set of words exactly together i.e.
For Eg :
Search: "contact us"
This will return the results containing both contact and us together !
- Using the wild card '*' :
The * sign can be used in places where the whole word is not known.
For Eg:
Search: friend*
This will return the results containing friend , friends , friendship.
- Using the '?' sign :
This is used when the full spelling of the word is not known.
For Eg:
Search: fri??d
This will result that in the results in which any alphabet can take the place of '?' sign.
- Use of boolean operators :
The boolean operators like AND,OR,NOT can be used in search box to connect the words !
The search engine understands them as what they mean but the must be in capital letters !
For Eg:
Search: swim OR float
This will return the results containing either swim or float !
The boolean operators like AND,OR,NOT can be used in search box to connect the words !
The search engine understands them as what they mean but the must be in capital letters !
For Eg:
Search: swim OR float
This will return the results containing either swim or float !
And try some of these Techniques:- site: domain restricts search results to the given domain.
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- allinurl: shows only pages with all terms in the url.
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- inurl: like allinurl, but only for the next query word.
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- allintitle: shows only results with terms in title.
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- intitle:
similar to allintitle, but only for the next word.
"intitle:webmasterworld google" finds only pages with webmasterworld in
the title, and google anywhere on the page.
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- link: url Shows other pages with links to that url।
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- related:url same as "what's related" on serps.
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- cache:url will show the Google version of the passed url.
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- info:url
will show a page containing links to related searches, backlinks, and
pages containing the url. This is the same as typing the url into the
search box.
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- spell: will spell check your query and search for it.
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- stocks: will lookup the search query in a stock index.
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- filetype: will restrict searches to that filetype. "-filetype:doc" to remove Microsoft word files.
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- daterange: is supported in Julian date format only. 2452384 is an example of a Julian date.
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- maps: If you enter a street address, a link to Yahoo Maps and to MapBlast will be presented.
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- phone:
enter anything that looks like a phone number to have a name and
address displayed. Same is true for something that looks like an
address (include a name and zip code)
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- site:www.somesite.net "+www.somesite.+net"
(tells you how many pages of your site are indexed by google) -
- allintext: searches only within text of pages, but not in the links or page title
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- allinlinks: searches only within links, not text or title
- By Viraj Kansara.
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