| Operator | How to Use It | Examples |
|---|
| * (Asterisk) | Add the asterisk as a placeholder for an unknown word or fact | Find quotes that start with "Life is like": Life is like a * |
| " (Quotation marks) | Look for an exact word or phrase by putting it in quotes | Find pages that talk about the book One Hundred Years of Solitude: "One Hundred Years of Solitude" |
| - (Hyphen) | Use a hyphen before a word or site to exclude it from your search results | Omit Wikipedia pages from search results: -site:wikipedia.org. Narrow results to the band R.E.M., not rapid eye movement: R.E.M. -sleep |
| .. (Two Periods) | Separate numbers with two periods without spaces to search for numbers within that range | Find phones that cost between $200 and $400: Android phone $200..$400. Find computer milestones that took place between 1950 and 2000: "computer milestones" 1950..2000 |
| allintitle: | Use allintext:[search phrase] to find pages with all of those words in the title of the page | Show pages that have both "Apple" and "notebook" in the title: allintitle:Apple notebook |
| allintext: | Use allintext:[search phrase] to find pages with all of those words in the body of the page | Show pages that mention Roth, IRA, and investments in the body: allintext:Roth IRA investments |
| allinurl: | Use allinurl:[search phrase] to find pages with all of those words in the URL | Show pages that have both "Microsoft" and "Surface" in the URL: allinurl:Microsoft Surface |
| AROUND(n) | Add AROUND(n) between two search terms to find pages where those terms are written on the page in close proximity. The number you choose in place of n sets the maximum distance between the terms. This is useful for finding relationships between two search terms. | Find pages that mention Facebook and Microsoft in the same sentence or paragraph: Facebook AROUND(7) Microsoft |
| site: | Use site:[URL] to limit search results to a specific website | Find pages on Zapier that mention trello: site:zapier.com Trello |
| related: | Use related:[URL] to find sites similar to a specific website | Find websites similar to Zapier: related:zapier.com |
| filetype: | Use filetype:[suffix] to limit results to a certain file format, such as PDF or DOC. | Find keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Office that are shared as PDF: filetype:pdf office keyboard shortcuts |
| intitle: | Use intitle:[search phrase] to search for pages that have at least one of your search words in the title | Show pages that have "Apple" or "notebook" or both in the title: intitle:Apple notebook |
| intext: | Use intext:[search phrase] to search for pages that have at least one of your search words in the body of the page | Show pages that mention Roth, IRA, and/or investments in the body: intext:Roth IRA investments |
| inurl: | Use inurl:[search phrase] to search for pages that have at least one of your search words in the URL | Show pages that mention Roth, IRA, and/or investments in the body: intext:Roth IRA investments |
| OR | Perform two search queries at the same time by separating your search terms with OR. This will find pages that might one of several words. | Search for pages that reference "Google Drive," "Dropbox," or "OneDrive": "Google Drive" OR Dropbox OR OneDrive |
