the seos guide to advanced search operators

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T h e S E O s C o m p l e t e G u i d e t o

Advanced Search


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Index

1.What is Advanced Search

2.Advanced Search Operators

3.Google Search Queries

4.Google Advanced Search Operators

5.Combined Google Queries

6.Advanced Query Operators for Microsoft Bing

7.Comparison of Advanced Operators across Major

Search Engines

8.A-Z of Advanced Search Operators Explained

9.Twitter Search Operators

10. LinkedIn Search Operators

11. Boolean Search Logic


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1. What is Advanced Search

Advanced search enables increased accuracy of search results by using additional syntax to focus the

search. One or more search criteria or operators can be combined in order to tailor the results more

specifically towards your needs. These operators allow you to find what you're looking for quickly and

accurately. For Search Engine Optimisers (SEOs), advanced search operators are essential if you want to

peek under the hood by doing a much deeper and more accurate web searches.

2. Advanced Search Operators

The following 4 search operators are widely known on most search engines and can be used to adjust

search results to your current needs:

1. [-keyword] excludes the keyword from the search results, e.g., [loans -student] shows results for all

types of loans exceptstudents' ones

2. [+keyword] allows for a forced keyword inclusion(especially useful for including stopwords), e.g., [seo

+for]

3. ["key phrase"] shows search results for the exact phrase, e.g., ["seo company"]

4. [keyword1 OR keyword2] shows results for at least oneof the keywords, e.g., [google OR yahoo]

3. Google Search Queries

.The following table lists which search operators work best with each Google Search Service

Search Service Search Operators

Web Search allinanchor:,allintext:,allintitle:,allinurl:,cache:,define:,filetype:,id:,inanchor:,

info:,intext:,intitle:,inurl:,link:,related:,site:

Image Search allintitle:,allinurl:,filetype:,inurl:,intitle:,site:

Groups allintext:,allintitle:,author:,group:,insubject:,intext:,intitle:

Directory allintext:,allintitle:,allinurl:,ext:,filetype:,intext:,intitle:,inurl:

News allintext:,allintitle:,allinurl:,intext:,intitle:,inurl:,location:,source:

Product Search allintext:,allintitle:
http://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#allinanchorhttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#allintexthttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#allintitlehttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#allinurlhttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#cachehttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#definehttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#filetypehttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#idhttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#inanchorhttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#infohttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#intexthttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#intitlehttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#inurlhttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#linkhttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#relatedhttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#sitehttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#allintitlehttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#allinurlhttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#filetypehttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#inurlhttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#intitlehttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#sitehttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#allintexthttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#allintitlehttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#authorhttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#grouphttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#insubjecthttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#intexthttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#intitlehttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#allintexthttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#allintitlehttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#allinurlhttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#exthttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#filetypehttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#intexthttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#intitlehttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#inurlhttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#allintexthttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#allintitlehttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#allinurlhttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#intexthttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#intitlehttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#inurlhttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#locationhttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#sourcehttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#allintexthttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#allintitlehttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#allintitlehttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#allintexthttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#sourcehttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#locationhttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#inurlhttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#intitlehttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#intexthttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#allinurlhttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#allintitlehttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#allintexthttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#inurlhttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#intitlehttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#intexthttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#filetypehttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#exthttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#allinurlhttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#allintitlehttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#allintexthttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#intitlehttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#intexthttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#insubjecthttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#grouphttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#authorhttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#allintitlehttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#allintexthttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#sitehttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#intitlehttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#inurlhttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#filetypehttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#allinurlhttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#allintitlehttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#sitehttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#relatedhttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#linkhttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#inurlhttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#intitlehttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#intexthttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#infohttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#inanchorhttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#idhttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#filetypehttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#definehttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#cachehttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#allinurlhttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#allintitlehttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#allintexthttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#allinanchor


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4. Google Advanced Search Operators

Google supports a number of advanced search operators used to help resolve SEO issues. The table

below gives a brief overview of the queries, how they can be used for SEO purposes, and the examples of

usage:

Operator Short Description SEO Application Examples

(Site:) - Domain-

Restricted Search

Narrows a search to (a)

specific domain(s)

Shows approximately*

how many URLs are

indexed by Google

[site:seomoz.org]

Includes subdomains [site:google.com]

Shows sites of aspecific TLD

[site:.org]

(InURL:) / (AllInUrl:) -

URL Keyword

Restricted Search

Narrows the results to

documents containing

(a) search term(s) in

the URLs

Find web pages having

your keyword in a file

path.

[inurl:seo

inurl:company ]

=

[allinurl:seo company]

(InTitle:) / (AllInTitle:) -Title Keyword

Restricted Search

Restricts the results to


(a) search term(s) in a

page title

Find web pages usingyour keyword in a page

title

[intitle:seo

intitle:company]

=

[allintitle:seo company]

(InAnchor:) /

(AllInAnchor:) - Anchor

Text Keyword

Restricted Search




the anchor text of

backlinks pointing to a

page

Find pages having

most backlinks / most

powerful backlinks with

the keyword in theanchor text

[inanchor:seo

inanchor:company]

=

[allinanchor:seocompany]

(Intext:) - Body Text

Keyword Restricted

Search




the body text a page

Find pages containing

most relevant /most

optimized body text

[intext:seo]

(Ext:) / (Filetype) - Narrows search results A few of possible [filetype:pdf]
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Aseomoz.orghttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Agoogle.comhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3A.orghttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=inurl%3Aseo+inurl%3Acompany&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=inurl%3Aseo+inurl%3Acompany&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=allinurl%3Aseo+company&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=intitle%3Aseo+intitle%3Acompany&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=intitle%3Aseo+intitle%3Acompany&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=allintitle%3Aseo+company&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=inanchor%3Aseo+inanchor%3Acompany&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=inanchor%3Aseo+inanchor%3Acompany&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=allinanchor%3Aseo+company&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=allinanchor%3Aseo+company&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=intext%3Aseo&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=filetype%3Apdf&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=filetype%3Apdf&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=intext%3Aseo&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=allinanchor%3Aseo+company&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=allinanchor%3Aseo+company&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=inanchor%3Aseo+inanchor%3Acompany&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=inanchor%3Aseo+inanchor%3Acompany&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=allintitle%3Aseo+company&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=intitle%3Aseo+intitle%3Acompany&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=intitle%3Aseo+intitle%3Acompany&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=allinurl%3Aseo+company&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=inurl%3Aseo+inurl%3Acompany&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=inurl%3Aseo+inurl%3Acompany&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3A.orghttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Agoogle.comhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Aseomoz.org


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Filetype Restricted

Search

to the pages that end in

a particular file

extension

extensions/ filetypes:

pdf ( Adobe

Portable

Document

Format)

html or htm (

Hypertext

Markup

Language)

xls ( Microsoft

Excel)

ppt ( Microsoft

PowerPoint)

doc (Microsoft

Word)

(*) - Wildcard SearchMeans "insert any word

here"

search for a phrase

"partial match"

[seo * directory]returns

"seo free directory",

"seo friendlydirectory",

etc

(Related:) - Similar

URLs Search

Shows "related pages"

by finding pages linking

to the site and looking

who else they tend to

link to (i.e., "co-

citation")

Evaluate how relevant

the site's "neighbors"

are

Compare:

[related:www.linkdiy.co

m]

and

[related:www.seomoz.o

rg]

(Info:) - Information

about a URL Search

Gives information

about the given page

Apart from providing

links for further URL

information, this search

can alert you of

possible site issues

(duplicate content or

possibleDNS

problems)

[info:seomoz.org]will

show you the page title,

description and invite

you to view its related

pages, incoming links,

and page cached

version
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=seo+*+directory&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=related%3Awww.linkdiy.com&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=related%3Awww.linkdiy.com&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=related%3Awww.seomoz.org&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=related%3Awww.seomoz.org&btnG=Searchhttp://groups.google.com/group/Google_Webmaster_Help-Indexing/browse_thread/thread/e2166033d5a7ab35/3030d86c10ef2ec1http://groups.google.com/group/Google_Webmaster_Help-Indexing/browse_thread/thread/4762c412d5fa0053/70c9a12ac80dac85http://groups.google.com/group/Google_Webmaster_Help-Indexing/browse_thread/thread/4762c412d5fa0053/70c9a12ac80dac85http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=related%3Awww.seomoz.org&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=related%3Awww.seomoz.org&btnG=Searchhttp://groups.google.com/group/Google_Webmaster_Help-Indexing/browse_thread/thread/4762c412d5fa0053/70c9a12ac80dac85http://groups.google.com/group/Google_Webmaster_Help-Indexing/browse_thread/thread/4762c412d5fa0053/70c9a12ac80dac85http://groups.google.com/group/Google_Webmaster_Help-Indexing/browse_thread/thread/e2166033d5a7ab35/3030d86c10ef2ec1http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=related%3Awww.seomoz.org&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=related%3Awww.seomoz.org&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=related%3Awww.linkdiy.com&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=related%3Awww.linkdiy.com&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=seo+*+directory&btnG=Search


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(Cache:)Shows Google's saved

copy of the page

Google'stextversion

of the page works the

same way as SEO

Browser

SEOmoz home page

text version of the page

* Display Bug: Not all indexed URLs might be displayed (even if you use the "repeat the search with omitted

results included" link to see the full list). To see more resul ts, the fol lowing search pat terns can b e used:

[site:yourdomain.com/subdirectory1] + [site:yourdomain.com/subdirectory2] + etc (the "deeper" you dig, themore/more accurate results you get)

[site:yourdomain.com inurl:keyword1] + [site:yourdomain.com inurl:keyword2] + etc (for subdirectory-specific keywords)

[site:yourdomain.com intitle:keyword1] + [site:yourdomain.com intitle:keyword2] + etc

5. Combined Google Queries

To get more information from Google advanced search, learn how to effectively combine search operators.The following table illustrates which search patterns can be applied to make the most of some importantSEO research tasks:

What for Description Format Example

Competitive

Analysis

Search who mentions your

competitor; use the date range

operator withinGoogle advanced

search to find most recent brand

mentions. The following brand-

specific search terms can be used:

[domainname.com], [domain name],

[domainname], [site owner name],

etc.

[domainname.com -site:domainname.com]

(+ add &as_qdr=d

(past one day) to the

query string)

[seomoz -

site:seomoz.org]

during past 24

hours

KeywordResearch

Evaluate the given keyword

competition (sites that apply proper

SEO to target the term).

[inanchor:keyword

intitle:keyword]

[inanchor:seo

intitle:seo]

Find more keyword phrases [key * phrase] [free * tools]

SEO Site

Auditing

Learn if the site has canonical

problems

[site:domain.com -

inurl:www]

[site:iceposter.com

-inurl:www]

Find the site's most powerful pages

[ www

site:domain.com]

[www

site:seomoz.org]

[ tld site:domain.tld] [org
http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:www.seomoz.org&hl=ru&rlz=1B3GGGL_ruUA251UA251&strip=1http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:www.seomoz.org&hl=ru&rlz=1B3GGGL_ruUA251UA251&strip=1http://www.google.com/advanced_searchhttp://www.google.com/advanced_searchhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=lang_en&q=seomoz+-site%3Aseomoz.org&as_qdr=dhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=lang_en&q=seomoz+-site%3Aseomoz.org&as_qdr=dhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=lang_en&q=seomoz+-site%3Aseomoz.org&as_qdr=dhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=lang_en&q=seomoz+-site%3Aseomoz.org&as_qdr=dhttp://www.google.com/search?q=inanchor%3Aseo+intitle%3Aseohttp://www.google.com/search?q=inanchor%3Aseo+intitle%3Aseohttp://www.google.com/search?&q=free+*+toolshttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Aiceposter.com+-inurl%3Awww&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Aiceposter.com+-inurl%3Awww&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?q=www+site%3Aseomoz.orghttp://www.google.com/search?q=www+site%3Aseomoz.orghttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=org+site%3Aseomoz.orghttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=org+site%3Aseomoz.orghttp://www.google.com/search?q=www+site%3Aseomoz.orghttp://www.google.com/search?q=www+site%3Aseomoz.orghttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Aiceposter.com+-inurl%3Awww&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Aiceposter.com+-inurl%3Awww&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?&q=free+*+toolshttp://www.google.com/search?q=inanchor%3Aseo+intitle%3Aseohttp://www.google.com/search?q=inanchor%3Aseo+intitle%3Aseohttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=lang_en&q=seomoz+-site%3Aseomoz.org&as_qdr=dhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=lang_en&q=seomoz+-site%3Aseomoz.org&as_qdr=dhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=lang_en&q=seomoz+-site%3Aseomoz.org&as_qdr=dhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=lang_en&q=seomoz+-site%3Aseomoz.org&as_qdr=dhttp://www.google.com/advanced_searchhttp://www.google.com/advanced_searchhttp://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:www.seomoz.org&hl=ru&rlz=1B3GGGL_ruUA251UA251&strip=1http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:www.seomoz.org&hl=ru&rlz=1B3GGGL_ruUA251UA251&strip=1


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site:seomoz.org]

[inurl:domain

site:domain.com]

[inurl:seomoz

site:seomoz.org]

[domainsite:domain.com]

[seomozsite:seomoz.org]

Find the site's most relevant page

[site:domain.com

keyword]

[site:seomoz.org

seo]

[site:domain.com

intitle:keyword]

[site:seomoz.org

intitle:seo]

Find the site's most powerful page

related to the keyword

[site:domain

inanchor:keyword]

[site:seomoz.org

inanchor:seo]

Link Building

Find authority sites offering a

backlink opportunity

[site.:org bookmarks/

links/ "favorite sites"/]

[site.:gov bookmarks/


[site.:edu bookmarks/


[site.:org donors]

Search for relevant forums and

discussion boards to participate in

discussions and probably link back

to your site

[inurl:forum OR

inurl:forums keyword]

[inurl:forum OR

inurl:forums seo]

6. Advanced Query Operators for Microsoft Bing

Operator Description

altloc: Used to specify a local search that is outside major markets

AND (all upper

case)

Finds web pages that contain all the terms or phrases in a query. Same as & and

&&

contains: Keeps results focused on sites that have links to the file types that you specify
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=org+site%3Aseomoz.orghttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=inurl%3Aseomoz+site%3Aseomoz.orghttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=inurl%3Aseomoz+site%3Aseomoz.orghttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=seomoz+site%3Aseomoz.orghttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=seomoz+site%3Aseomoz.orghttp://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aseomoz.org+seohttp://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aseomoz.org+seohttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Aseomoz.org+intitle%3Aseohttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Aseomoz.org+intitle%3Aseohttp://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aseomoz.org+seohttp://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aseomoz.org+seohttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site.%3Aorg+donors&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%5Binurl%3Aforum+OR+inurl%3Aforums+seo%5D+&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%5Binurl%3Aforum+OR+inurl%3Aforums+seo%5D+&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%5Binurl%3Aforum+OR+inurl%3Aforums+seo%5D+&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%5Binurl%3Aforum+OR+inurl%3Aforums+seo%5D+&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site.%3Aorg+donors&btnG=Searchhttp://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aseomoz.org+seohttp://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aseomoz.org+seohttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Aseomoz.org+intitle%3Aseohttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Aseomoz.org+intitle%3Aseohttp://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aseomoz.org+seohttp://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aseomoz.org+seohttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=seomoz+site%3Aseomoz.orghttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=seomoz+site%3Aseomoz.orghttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=inurl%3Aseomoz+site%3Aseomoz.orghttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=inurl%3Aseomoz+site%3Aseomoz.orghttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=org+site%3Aseomoz.org


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define Triggers an Instant Answer definition for the specified word

domain: Limits results to the specified domain

feed: Finds RSS or Atom feeds pertaining to the term you specify

filetype: Returns only web pages of the specified file type

hasfeed: Finds web pages that contain both the term or terms for which you are querying

and one or more

RSS or Atom feeds

imagesize: Constrains the size of returned images. Valid size parameters are "small",

"medium" and "large"

inanchor: Returns web pages that contain the specified term in the anchor text

inbody: Returns web pages that contain the specified term in the metadata or in the HTML

body

instreamset: Checks to see if a string is present with one or more properties

intitle: Returns web pages that contain the specified term in the metadata title of the site

ip: Finds sites that are hosted by a specific IP address. The IP address must be a

dotted quad address

keyword Takes a simple list as a parameter. All the elements in the list are ORed together.

See example in section below.

language: Returns web pages written in a specific language.

literalmeta: Any string within parentheses is interpreted literally; that is, with no word-breaking

or symbolic interpretation.

loc: Returns web pages from a specific country or region

meta: Allows the filtering of content based on special tags in HTML

msite: Source filtering used to refine a query for a multimedia site

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the specified terms within ten or fewer words of each other are returned before

those that dont. For closer associations use "near:n" where nis an integer.

noalter: Keeps the query from being altered by the Alteration Service

norelax: Makes sure queries return only terms that are in the query

NOT (all upper

case)

Excludes web pages that contain the specified term or terms. Same as - .

OR (all upper

case)

Finds web pages that contain either the term that precedes the operator or the term

that follows the operator. Same as | and ||.

site: Returns web pages that belong to the specified site.

url: Returns results that indicate whether the specified domain or URL is in the Bing

Index

"your search

query"

Returns results that contain the specified phrase, exactly

7. Comparison of Advanced Search Operators across Major Search Enignes

Google Yahoo Bing/MSN Live Search Term Meaning

site: site: site: domain/ directory

path

Restricts search to

a given domain/

directory

link:

(partial report)

link: URL Searches for

pages linking to a

given page

linkdomain domain Searches forpages linking to a

given domain

(including deep

links)

linkfromdomain domain Shows pages the

domain links out to

inurl: / allinurl: inurl: kwd Searches for a

given keyword in

the file paths

intitle: / allintitle: intitle: intitle: kwd Searches for a


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given keyword in

the page title

inanchor: /

allinanchor:

inanchor: kwd Searches for

pages that use the

given keyword as

the anchor text

intext: inbody: kwd Searches for a

given keyword in

the page body text

ext: / filetype: originurlextension: filetype: file type Restricts search to

a given URL

extension

related: domain/ URL Searches for

related sites and

pages (based on

co-citation)

* * Inserts one or

more words

info: URL Gives additional

information about

the URL

cache: URL Shows the saved

copy of the page

region: location: / loc: specific location

identity code

Narrows search

results to the sites

belonging to a

particular territory

url: url: URL Shows if the page

was indexed by

the SE

contains: file type Narrows search

results to pages

linking to a

specified file type

ip: IP address Shows sites

sharing one IP

address

feed: kwd Narrows search

results to terms

contained in RSS

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8. A-Z of Advanced Operators Explained

The following is an alphabetical list of the search operators. Each entry typically includes the syntax, the

capabilities, and an example.

Note: Some of the search operators wont work as intended if you put a space between the colon (:) and

the subsequent query word.

allinanchor: If you start your query with allinanchor:, Google restricts results to pages containing

all query terms you specify in the anchor text on links to the page. For example, [

allinanchor: best museums sydney ] will return only pages in which the anchor text on

links to the pages contain the words best, museums, and sydney.

Anchor text is the text on a page that is linked to another web page or a different

place on the current page. When you click on anchor text, you will be taken to the

page or place on the page to which it is linked. When using allinanchor: in your

query, do not include any other search operators. The functionality of allinanchor: is

also available through the Advanced Web Search page, under Occurrences.

allintext: If you start your query with allintext:, Google restricts results to those containing all

the query terms you specify in the text of the page. For example, [ allintext: travel

packing list ] will return only pages in which the words travel, packing, and list

appear in the text of the page. This functionality can also be obtained through the

Advanced Web Search page, under Occurrences.

allintitle: If you start your query with allintitle:, Google restricts results to those containing all

the query terms you specify in the title. For example, [ allintitle: detect plagiarism ] will

return only documents that contain the words detect and plagiarism in the title.

This functionality can also be obtained through the Advanced Web Search page,

under Occurrences.

The title of a webpage is usually displayed at the top of the browser window and in

the first line of Googles search results for a page. The author of a website specifies

the title of a page with the HTML TITLE element. Theres only one title in a webpage.

When using allintitle: in your query, do not include any other search operators. The

functionality of allintitle: is also available through the Advanced Web Search page,

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In Image Search, the operator allintitle: will return images in files whose names

contain the terms that you specify. In Google News, the operator allintitle: will return

articles whose titles include the terms you specify.

allinurl: If you start your query with allinurl:, Google restricts results to those containing all the

query terms you specify in the URL. For example, [ allinurl: google faq ] will return

only documents that contain the words google and faq in the URL, such as

www.google.com/help/faq.html. This functionality can also be obtained through the

Advanced Web Search page, under Occurrences.

In URLs, words are often run together. They need not be run together when youre

using allinurl:. In Google News, the operator allinurl: will return articles whose titles

include the terms you specify.

The Uniform Resource Locator, more commonly known as URL, is the address that

specifies the location of a file on the Internet. When using allinurl: in your query, do

not include any other search operators. The functionality of allinurl: is also available

through the Advanced Web Search page, under Occurrences.

author: If you include author: in your query, Google will restrict your Google Groups results to

include newsgroup articles by the author you specify. The author can be a full or

partial name or email address. For example, [ children author:john author:doe ] or [

children author:[email protected] ] return articles that contain the word

children written by John Doe or [email protected]. Google will search for

exactly what you specify. If your query contains [ author:John Doe ] (with quotes),

Google wont find articles where the author is specified as Doe, John.

cache: The query cache:url will display Googles cached version of a web page, instead of

the current version of the page. For example, [ cache:www.eff.org ] will show

Googles cached version of the Electronic Frontier Foundation home page.

Note: Do not put a space between cache: and the URL (web address).

On the cached version of a page, Google will highlight terms in your query that

appear after the cache: search operator. For example, [

cache:www.pandemonia.com/flying/ fly diary ] will show Googles cached version of

Flight Diary in which Hamish Reids documents whats involved in learning how to fly

with the terms fly and diary highlighted.
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define: If you start your query with define:, Google shows definitions from pages on the web for the

term that follows. This advanced search operator is useful for finding definitions of words,

phrases, and acronyms. For example, [ define: blog ] will show definitions for Blog (weB

LOG).

ext: This is an undocumented alias for filetype:.

filetype: If you include filetype:suffix in your query, Google will restrict the results to pages whose

names end in suffix. For example, [ web page evaluation checklist filetype:pdf ] will return

Adobe Acrobat pdf files that match the terms web, page, evaluation, and checklist.

You can restrict the results to pages whose names end with pdf and doc by using the OR

operator, e.g. [ email security filetype:pdf OR filetype:doc ]. When you dont specify a File

Format in the Advanced Search Form or the filetype: operator, Google searches a variety offile formats; see the table in File Type Conversion.

group: If you include group: in your query, Google will restrict your Google Groups results to

newsgroup articles from certain groups or subareas. For example, [ sleep

group:misc.kids.moderated ] will return articles in the group misc.kids.moderated that contain

the word sleep and [ sleep group:misc.kids ] will return articles in the subarea misc.kids

that contain the word sleep.

id: This is an undocumented alias for info:.

inanchor: If you include inanchor: in your query, Google will restrict the results to pages containing the

query terms you specify in the anchor text or links to the page. For example, [ restaurants

inanchor:gourmet ] will return pages in which the anchor text on links to the pages contain

the word gourmet and the page contains the word restaurants.

info: The query info:URL will present some information about the corresponding web page. For

instance, [ Info:gothotel.com ] will show information about the national hotel directory

GotHotel.com home page.

Note: There must be no space between the info: and the web page URL. This functionality

can also be obtained by typing the web page URL directly into a Google search box.

insubject: If you include insubject: in your query, Google will restrict articles in Google Groups to those

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will return Google Group articles that contain the phrase falling asleep in the subject.

Equivalent to intitle:.

intext: The query intext:term restricts results to documents containing term in the text. For instance,

[ Hamish Reid intext:pandemonia ] will return documents that mention the word

pandemonia in the text, and mention the names Hamish and Reid anywhere in the

document (text or not). Note: There must be no space between the intext: and the following

word.

Putting intext: in front of every word in your query is equivalent to putting allintext: at the front

of your query, e.g., [ intext:handsome intext:poets ] is the same as [ allintext: handsome

poets ].

intitle: The query intitle:term restricts results to documents containing term in the title. For instance,

[ flu shot intitle:help ] will return documents that mention the word help in their titles, and

mention the words flu and shot anywhere in the document (title or not). Note: There must

be no space between the intitle: and the following word.

Putting intitle: in front of every word in your query is equivalent to putting allintitle: at the front

of your query, e.g., [ intitle:google intitle:search ] is the same as [ allintitle: google search ].

inurl: If you include inurl: in your query, Google will restrict the results to documents containing

that word in the URL. For instance, [ inurl:print site:www.googleguide.com ] searches for

pages on Google Guide in which the URL contains the word print. It finds pdf files that are

in the directory or folder named print on the Google Guide website. The query [

inurl:healthy eating ] will return documents that mention the words healthy in their URL, and

mention the word eating anywhere in the document.

Note: There must be no space between the inurl: and the following word.

Putting inurl: in front of every word in your query is equivalent to putting allinurl: at the front

of your query, e.g., [ inurl:healthy inurl:eating ] is the same as [ allinurl: healthy eating ]. In

URLs, words are often run together. They need not be run together when youre using inurl:.

link: The query link:URL shows pages that point to that URL. For example, to find pages that

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Note: According to Googles documentation, you cannot combine a link: search with a

regular keyword search. Also note that when you combine link: with another advanced

operator, Google may not return all the pages that match. The following queries should

return lots of results, as you can see if you remove the -site: term in each of these queries.

Find links to the Google home page not on Googles own site. [ link:www.google.com -

site:google.com ]

Find links to the UK Owners Direct home page not on its own site.

[ link:www.www.ownersdirect.co.uk -site:ownersdirect.co.uk ]

Location: If you include location: in your query on Google News, only articles from the location you

specify will be returned. For example, [ queen location:canada ] will show articles that match

the term queen from sites in Canada. Many other country names work; try them and see.

Two-letter US state abbreviations match individual US states, and two-letter Canadian

province abbreviations (like NS for Nova Scotia) also work although some provinces dont

have many newspapers online, so you may not get many results. Some other two-letter

abbreviations such as UK for the United Kingdom are also available.

movie:

If you include movie: in your query, Google will f ind movie-related information. For examples,

see Googles Blog.

Related: The query related:URL will list web pages that are similar to the web page you specify. For

instance, [ related:www.consumerreports.org ] will list web pages that are similar to the

Consumer Reports home page. Note: Dont include a space between the related: and the

web page url. You can also find similar pages from the Similar pages link on Googles

main results page, and from the similar selector in the Page-Specific Search area of the

Advanced Search page. If you expect to search frequently for similar pages, consider

installing a GoogleScout browser button, which scouts for similar pages.

site: If you include site: in your query, Google will restrict your search results to the site or

domain you specify. For example, [ admissions site:www.lse.ac.uk ] will show admissions

information from London School of Economics site and [ peace site:gov ] will find pages

about peace within the .gov domain. You can specify a domain with or without a period, e.g.,

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source: If you include source: in your query, Google News will restrict your search to articles from the

news source with the ID you specify. For example, [ election source:new_york_times ] will

return articles with the word election that appear in the New York Times.

To find a news source ID, enter a query that includes a term and the name of the publication

youre seeking. You can also specify the publication name in the news source field in the

Advanced News Search form. Youll find the news source ID in the query box, following the

source: search operator. For example, lets say you enter the publication name Haaretz in

the News Source box, then you click the Google Search button. The results page appears,

and its search box contains [ peace source:ha_aretz__subscription_ ]. This means that the

news source ID is ha_aretz__subscription_. This query will only return articles that include

the word peace from the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.

9. Twitter Search Operators

Standard Search Operators for Twitter.

Operator rt Description

twitter search containing both "twitter" and "search". This is the default operator.

"happy hour" containing the exact phrase "happy hour".

love ORhate containing either "love" or "hate" (or both).

beerroot containing "beer" but not "root".

#haiku containing the hashtag "haiku".

from:alexiskold sent from person "alexiskold".

to:techcrunch sent to person "techcrunch".

@mashable referencing person "mashable".
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"happy hour" near:"san

francisco"

containing the exact phrase "happy hour" and sent near "san

francisco".

near:NYC within:15mi sent within 15 miles of "NYC".

superhero since:2009-06-29 containing "superhero" and sent since date "2009-06-29" (year-month-

day).

ftw until:2009-06-29 containing "ftw" and sent up to date "2009-06-29".

movie -scary :) containing "movie", but not "scary", and with a positive attitude.

flight :( containing "flight" and with a negative attitude.

traffic ? containing "traffic" and asking a question.

hilarious filter:links containing "hilarious" and linking to URLs.

news source:twitterfeed containing "news" and entered via TwitterFeed

Alternatively, you can use theadvanced search form to automatically construct your query

10. LinkedIn Search Operators

LinkedIn makes use of the Boolean Search Logic [Boolean search is explain further in this guide in section

11], however here is a quick guide to some of the main search operators that help you get desired results in

LinkedIn search and a few practical tips on how to use them:

Operator Short Description

Quoted SearchesLike in search engines, we have an option to find the exact phrase. For

example we will take query1 which will provide the people who is in the

position of Sr. Manager (at a company), query2 will give you the project

manager profiles alone.

Query1:Sr. Manager

Query2:project manager

NOTIf you want to exclude some search terms from your results, you can

use NOT operator. For instance, if you want to search project manager
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profile excluding results from the United Kingdom, your query should

be:

Query:project manager NOT United kingdom

OR If you would like to search for profiles which include one of two or more

terms, you can use OR operator. For example, you want to know who

is Managing Director or CEO of a company, then you can separate

those terms with the upper-case word OR. Query:Managing Director

OR CEO

AND If you would like to search for profiles which include two terms, you

need to use upper-case word AND to separate the terms

Query:Managing Director AND CEO

Parenthetical Searches If you would like to do a complex search. For instance, find the Vice

Presidents or Directors of Divisions, you can combine terms like this:

VP OR (director AND division). This will find people who have VP in

their profiles, or have director AND division in their profiles.

Query:VP OR (director AND division)

Title If you would like to find out the executive positions in an specific

industry, then the title operator will help you to do it. This operator will

help employers to find suitable candidates, will guide people in the

expansion of the network with similar title people. For example, we will

search for executives alone then title:executive will show your desired

result. However you can use present title as ptitle: and current title as

ctitle if you want to be more specific.

Query:title:executive

Company If you would like to find out the specific company profiles then you can

use the operator called company:. Lets take an example of people

working in Yahoo, then you need to use company:yahoo inc. Further

you can divide it current company as ccompany and past company as

pcompany

Query:company:Yahoo Inc

School If you would like to search for your school guys on LinkedIn, you have

an option called school operator. For instance, if you want to search

the profiles of your Anna University friends on LinkedIn, you need to
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use

Query:school:Anna University

CountrySometimes we require only people who from specific nations. The

country operator gets this done. This operator will help you to get some

peoples email address to reach them for business purpose too. For

example, you want to find the CEO list available in US to send them a

mail, you can use the following query

Query: title:CEO country:United States

11. Boolean Search Logic

Boolean Searching on the InternetBoolean logic consists of three logical operators: NOT, AND & OR. Each operator can be visually described

by using Venn diagrams, as shown below.

OR logic: Most commonly used to search for synonymous terms or concepts. The more terms or

concepts we combine in a search with OR logic, the more results we will retrieve. E.g.

college OR university OR Campus

AND logic: In this search, we retrieve records in which BOTH of the search terms are present. The more

terms or concepts we combine in a search with AND logic, the fewerresults we will retrieve.

E.g. poverty AND crime AND gender
http://www.linkedin.com/search/fpsearch?keywords=school:%22Anna+University%22&searchLocationType=Y&page_num=1&search=&pplSearchOrigin=MDYS&viewCriteria=52232&sortCriteria=R&redir=redirhttp://www.linkedin.com/search/fpsearch?keywords=school:%22Anna+University%22&searchLocationType=Y&page_num=1&search=&pplSearchOrigin=MDYS&viewCriteria=52232&sortCriteria=R&redir=redirhttp://www.linkedin.com/search/fpsearch?keywords=school:%22Anna+University%22&searchLocationType=Y&page_num=1&search=&pplSearchOrigin=MDYS&viewCriteria=52232&sortCriteria=R&redir=redirhttp://www.linkedin.com/search/fpsearch?keywords=title:CEO+country:United+States&searchLocationType=Y&page_num=1&search=&pplSearchOrigin=MDYS&viewCriteria=52232&sortCriteria=R&redir=redirhttp://www.linkedin.com/search/fpsearch?keywords=title:CEO+country:United+States&searchLocationType=Y&page_num=1&search=&pplSearchOrigin=MDYS&viewCriteria=52232&sortCriteria=R&redir=redirhttp://www.linkedin.com/search/fpsearch?keywords=school:%22Anna+University%22&searchLocationType=Y&page_num=1&search=&pplSearchOrigin=MDYS&viewCriteria=52232&sortCriteria=R&redir=redir


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NOT logic: In this search, we retrieve records in which ONLY ONE of the terms is present, the one we

have selected by our search. NOT logic excludes records from your search results. Be

careful when you use NOT: the term you do want may be present in an important way in

documents that also contain the word you wish to avoid. E.g. Cats NOT dogs

This is illustrated by the shaded area with the word cats representing all the records

containing the word "cats" with no records are retrieved in the area overlapping the two

circles where the word "dogs" appears, even if the word "cats" appears there too

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Combined

AND and

OR logic: You can combine both AND and OR logic in a single search.The use of parentheses in thissearch is known as forcing the order of processing. In this case, we surround the OR words

with parentheses so that the search engine will process the two related terms as a unit. The

search engine will use AND logic to combine this result with the second concept. Using this

method, we are assured that the semantically-related OR terms are kept together as a

logical unit. E.g. I want information about the behavior of cats.Search:behavior AND (cats

OR felines

Compiled by: Blue Magnet Digital Solutions 2012

Sources: SEOMoz.com, Googleguide.com, Twitter.com, Internettutorials.net, LinkedIn Blog, Dotcominfoway.

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