| Filter | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| allintext | Searches for occurrences of all the keywords given. | allintext:"Log in" |
| intext | Searches for the occurrences of keywords all at once or one at a time. | allintext:"Log in" |
| inurl | Searches for a URL matching one of the keywords. | allintext:"Log in" |
| allinurl | Searches for a URL matching all the keywords in the query. | allintext:"Log in" |
| intitle | Searches for occurrences of keywords in title all or one. | allintext:"Log in" |
| allintitle | Searches for occurrences of keywords all at a time. | allintext:"Log in" |
| site | Specifically searches that particular site and lists all the results for that site. | allintext:"Log in" |
| filetype | Searches for a particular filetype mentioned in the query. | allintext:"Log in" |
| link | Searches for external links to pages. | allintext:"Log in" |
| numrange | Used to locate specific numbers in your searches. | allintext:"Log in" |
| daterange | Used to search within a particular date range. | allintext:"Log in" |
| allinanchor (and also inanchor) | This shows sites which have the keyterms in links pointing to them, in order of the most links. | allintext:"Log in" |
| allinpostauthor (and also inpostauthor) | Exclusive to blog search, this one picks out blog posts that are written by specific individuals. | allintext:"Log in" |
intext:”index of /”
This operator searches for the exact phrase within speech marks only. This is ideal when the phrase you are using to search is ambiguous and could be easily confused with something else, or when you’re not quite getting relevant enough results back. For example:
"Tinned Sandwiches"
This self explanatory operator searches for a given search term OR an equivalent term.
site:facebook.com | site:twitter.com
site:facebook.com & site:twitter.com
(site:facebook.com | site:twitter.com) & intext:”login”
site:facebook.* -site:facebook.com
Adding a tilde to a search word tells Google that you want it to bring back synonyms for the term as well. For example, entering “~set” will bring back results that include words like “configure”, “collection” and “change” which are all synonyms of “set”. Fun fact: “set” has the most definitions of any word in the dictionary.
~set
Putting an asterisk in a search tells Google ‘I don’t know what goes here’. Basically, it’s really good for finding half remembered song lyrics or names of things.
site:*.com