Google Search Operator

Here’s an cheatsheet with examples for each Google search operator:

1. site: - Restricts your search to a specific website or domain.

   • Example: site:wikipedia.org quantum physics searches for information about quantum physics only on Wikipedia.

2. filetype: - Limits results to a specific file type.

   • Example: filetype:pdf statistics textbook searches for PDF documents related to statistics textbooks.

3. intext: - Searches for specific keywords within the body of a webpage.

   • Example: intext:marketing strategies finds pages containing the phrase “marketing strategies.”

4. intitle: - Searches for specific keywords in the titles of webpages.

   • Example: intitle:economics research methods finds pages with “economics research methods” in their titles.

5. inurl: - Searches for specific keywords in the URLs of webpages.

   • Example: inurl:statistics data finds pages with “statistics data” in their URLs.

6. related: - Finds websites related to a specified URL.

   • Example: related:nytimes.com lists sites related to The New York Times.

7. OR: - Used to search for pages that contain either of two terms.

   • Example: marketing OR advertising finds pages containing either “marketing” or “advertising.”

8. -“word” - Excludes a specific word from search results.

   • Example: data analysis -Excel finds pages about data analysis but excludes those mentioning Excel.

9. “phrase search” - Enclose phrases in double quotation marks for exact phrase matching.

   • Example: "consumer behavior" finds pages containing that exact phrase.

10. $*$ - Use it as a wildcard to replace one or more words in a search query.

    • Example: quantitative * techniques returns results with various terms in place of the asterisk.

11. define: - Provides definitions for a specific term.

    • Example: define:marketing gives you the definition of marketing.

12. AROUND(x): - Finds words that are within a certain number of words apart.

    • Example: economics AROUND(5) statistics searches for pages where “economics” and “statistics” are within five words of each other.

13. daterange: - Search for results within a specific date range.

    • Example: marketing strategies daterange:2022-01-01..2022-12-31