Example Search Command

Will Find Pages Containing:

Australian beaches

the words Australian and Beaches.

candy OR shop

either the word candy or the word Shop

"Internet Marketing"

the exact phrase Internet Marketing

spam - food

the word spam but NOT the word food

Scary Movie +3

This movie title, including the number 3.

synonym boat

Synonyms the word boat

Define blog

Definitions of the word blog from various online resources.

Kentucky * Devils

the words Kentucky and Devils separated by one or more words (Kentucky Blue Devils, etc).

CALCULATOR COMMAND

WHAT IT DOES

TYPE INTO THE SEARCH BOX

+

addition

1 + 1

-

subtraction

5 – 3

*

multiplication

10 * 10

/

division

5 / 2

% of

percentage of

50% of 110

^

raise to a power

2^5
(2 to the 5th power)

Convert(conversion)

converts

convert 2 feet to inches

ADVANCED OPERATORS

MEANING

WHAT TO TYPE INTO SEARCH BOX WITH EXAMPLES 

site:

Search only one website

site:www.stanford.edu “admissions”
(Search Stanford Univ. site for admissions info.)

originalextension:

Search for specific file type

Football originurlextension:pdf
(Search for Football references in PDF format)

title:

Search keyword in page title

title:marketing
Finds pages that have marketing in the title. 

link:

linked pages

link:www.yahoo.com
Finds pages that link to the Yahoo. This is great to find who is linking to your competitors.

inurl:

Some keywords must Appear in Web address

inurl:marketing tips

Finds sites with marketing and/or tips in the title.

site:edu

Specific domain search (edu,gov,org, etc.)

Site:edu cats

Finds .edu sites about cats.