Google Search Shortcuts
Many search engine users do not realize that the search box within each search engine allows for shortcuts to be entered when performing a search to aid in finding the information a user is looking for more efficiently. Below is a list of Google shortcuts that you can incorporate into your everyday searching (If we have left any out please comment and we will be sure to add it to the list. Thanks!)
Google Search Shortcuts:
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Will Help Find Pages With…
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Google Search Shortcut
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Examples
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| both the words dell and computer | dell computer | |
| either the word running or the word jogging | running OR jogging | |
| the exact phrase united we stand | united we stand | |
| the word computer but NOT the word monitor | computer -monitor | |
| looks up the word press and synonyms | ~press | |
| definitions of the word optimization | define:optimization | |
| the words red and tickets separated by one or more words | red * tickets | |
| site:search-industry-news.com "google" | site:(search only one specific website) | |
| link:www.wikipedia.org | link:(find linked pages) | |
| dell computer $700…$1000 | #…#(search within a number range) | |
| info:www.cnn.com | info: (find info about a page) | |
| related:www.cnn.com | related: (related pages) | |
| cache:www.cnn.com | cache: (view cached page) | |
| sports filetype:pdf | filetype:(restrict search to specific filetype) | |
| allintitle: sports, news | allintitle: (search for keywords in page title) | |
| inurl:redsox | inurl:(restricts search to page URLs) | |
| site:.edu, site:.gov, site:.org, etc. | site:.org (searches specific domain) | |
| site:.ca “montreal” | site:country code (only searches specific country code) | |
| intext:president | intext:(search in body text) | |
| allintext:president of the united states of america | allintext: (searches pages with all words specified in body text) | |
| book the catcher in the rye | book (search book text) | |
| phonebook:smith, boston | phonebook:(searches phone numbers) | |
| movie:harry potter, 02210 | movie:(searches for movie showtimes) | |
| stocks:goog | stocks:(retrieves a stock quote) | |
| weather:02210 | weather:(searches local weather) | |
| (calculator) addition: 49+33 | + | |
| (calculator) subtraction: 49-33 | - | |
| (calculator) multiplication: 49*33 | * | |
| (calculator) division: 49/33 | / | |
| (calculator) percentage: 25% of 200 | % of | |
| (calculator) raise to a power; 8^3 | ^ | |
| 10 USD in GBP | currency conversion | |
| 33 cups in liters | old in new (conversion) |
For more information on Google search shortcuts, please visit: http://www.google.com/help/features.html.
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