Google Operators
Advanced Google Operators
Google supports several advanced operators, which are query words that have special meaning to Google. Typically these operators modify the search in some way, or even tell Google to do a totally different type of search. For instance, "link:" is a special operator, and the query [link:www.cresoft.com] doesn't do a normal search but instead finds all web pages that have links to www.cresoft.com.
Several of the more common operators use punctuation instead of words, or do not require a colon. Among these operators are OR, "" (the quote operator), - (the minus operator), and + (the plus operator).
The query [cache:] will show the version of the web page that Google has in its cache. For instance,
cache:www.cresoft.com
will show Google's cache of the Google homepage. Note there can be no space between the "cache:" and the web page url.
The query [link:] will list webpages that have links to the specified webpage. For instance,
link:www.cresoft.com
will list webpages that have links pointing to the Google homepage. Note there can be no space between the "link:" and the web page url.
The query [related:] will list web pages that are "similar" to a specified web page. For instance,
related:www.cresoft.com
will list web pages that are similar to the Google homepage. Note there can be no space between the "related:" and the web page url.
The query [info:] will present some information that Google has about that web page. For instance,
info:www.cresoft.com
will show information about the Google homepage. Note there can be no space between the "info:" and the web page url.
The query [define:] will provide a definition of the words you enter after it, gathered from various online sources. The definition will be for the entire phrase entered (i.e., it will include all the words in the exact order you typed them).
If you include [site:] in your query, Google will restrict the results to those websites in the given domain. For instance,
help site:www.cresoft.com
will find pages about help within www.cresoft.com. [help site:com] will find pages about help within .com urls. Note there can be no space between the "site:" and the domain.
If you start a query with [allintitle:], Google will restrict the results to those with all of the query words in the title. For instance,
allintitle:cresoft search
will return only documents that have both "cresoft" and "search" in the title.
If you include [intitle:] in your query, Google will restrict the results to documents containing that word in the title. For instance,
intitle:cresoft search
will return documents that mention the word "cresoft" in their title, and mention the word "search" anywhere in the document (title or no). Note there can be no space between the "intitle:" and the following word.
If you start a query with [allinurl:], Google will restrict the results to those with all of the query words in the url. For instance,
allinurl:cresoft search
will return only documents that have both "cresoft" and "search" in the url.
If you include [inurl:] in your query, Google will restrict the results to documents containing that word in the url. For instance,
inurl:cresoft search
will return documents that mention the word "cresoft" in their url, and mention the word "search" anywhere in the document (url or no). Note there can be no space between the "inurl:" and the following word.
Try using the following example:
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