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* Dictionary Search.

  http://www.onelook.com/

* Google search query syntax.

  http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?answer=136861

                Google search basics: More search help

  http://www.google.ru/help/operators.html

                Advanced Operators

  http://code.google.com/intl/ru/apis/soapsearch/reference.html

                Google SOAP Search API Reference

  http://www.google.com/cse/docs/resultsxml.html

                Google WebSearch Protocol Reference for Google Site Search

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search

** Phrase Search.

Use double quotes to search exactly mutch of string. Words marked in this way will appear together

in all results exactly as entered.

  "WORD1 WORD2 WORD3"

Note: You may need to use a "+" to force inclusion of common words in a phrase.

** Boolean OR Search.

"OR" capital is essential.

  WORD1 OR WORD2

Remove site from search by "-site:"

  WORD1 WORD2 -site:ebay.com -site:shopping.com

** Include query term (search exactly as is).

If a common word is essential to getting the results you want, you can include it by putting a "+"

sign in front of it.

 +WORD WORD1 WORD2

** Exclude query term.

You can exclude a word from your search by putting a minus sign ("-") immediately in front of the

term you want to exclude from the search results.

  WORD1 WORD2 -WORD

** Fill in the blanks.

  GNU *

  Mozilla *

** Site Restricted Search.

  site:example.com WORD1 WORD2

  site:.gov WORD

** Cached Results Page.

The query prefix "cache:" returns the cached HTML version of the specified web document that the

Google search crawled. Note there can be no space between "cache:" and the web page URL. If you

include other words in the query, Google will highlight those words within the cached document.

  cache:www.google.com

Use Google as a free proxy (if direct access bloked): cache:example.com

** Title Search.

Restricts the results to those with all of the query words in the title.

  intitle:WORD1 intitle:WORD2 WORD3

  allintitle:WORD1 WORD2

Note: Putting "intitle:" in front of every word in your query is equivalent to putting "allintitle:"

at the front of your query.

** URL Search.

If you prepend "inurl:" to a query term, Google search restricts the results to documents containing

that word in the result URL. Note there can be no space between the "inurl:" and the following word.

Starting a query with the term "allinlinks:" restricts the results to those with all of the query

words in the URL links on the page.

  inurl:WORD1 inurl:WORD2 WORD

  allinurl: WORD1 WORD2

Note: "inurl:" works only on words, not URL components. In particular, it ignores punctuation and

uses only the first word following the "inurl:" operator. To find multiple words in a result URL,

use the "inurl:" operator for each word.

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

the front of your query.

** Link anchor search.

Searches for text in a page's link anchors. A link anchor is the descriptive text of a link.

  inanchor:"WORD1 WORD2"

** Text Only Search.

Starting a query with the term "allintext:" restricts the results to those with all of the query

words in only the body text, ignoring link, URL, and title matches.

  intext:WORD

  allintext: WORD1 WORD2

** File Type Filtering.

The query prefix "filetype:" filters the results returned to include only documents with the

extension specified immediately after. Note there can be no space between "filetype:" and the

specified extension.

  WORD filetype:doc OR filetype:pdf

** File Type Exclusion.

The query prefix "-filetype:" filters the results to exclude documents with the extension specified

immediately after. Note there can be no space between "-filetype:" and the specified extension.

  WORD -filetype:doc -filetype:pdf

** Web Document Info.

The query prefix "info:" returns a single result for the specified URL if it exists in the index.

  info:www.google.com

Note: No other query terms can be specified when using this special query term.

** Back Links.

The query prefix "link:" lists web pages that have links to the specified web page.

  link:www.google.com

Note: there can be no space between "link:" and the web page URL.

Note: No other query terms can be specified when using this special query term.

** Related Links.

Lists web pages that are similar to the specified web page.

  related:www.google.com

Note: there can be no space between "related:" and the web page URL.

Note: No other query terms can be specified when using this special query term.

** Word definition.

The query prefix "define:" will provide a definition of the words listed after it.

  define:WORD

* Yahoo search query syntax.

  -site:DOMAIN

** Back links.

  linkdomain:DOMAIN

* Bing search query syntax.

  http://onlinehelp.microsoft.com/en-WW/bing/ff808535.aspx

                Bing Help

  http://onlinehelp.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/ff808438.aspx

                Advanced search options

  http://onlinehelp.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/ff524480.aspx

                Search effectively

  http://onlinehelp.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/ff808421.aspx

                Advanced search keywords

** +.

Finds webpages that contain all the terms that are preceded by the + symbol. Also allows you to

include terms that are usually ignored.

** " ".

Finds the exact words in a phrase.

** ().

Finds or excludes webpages that contain a group of words.

** AND or &.

Finds webpages that contain all the terms or phrases.

** NOT or -.

Excludes webpages that contain a term or phrase.

** OR or |.

Finds webpages that contain either of the terms or phrases.

** contains:.

Keeps results focused on sites that have links to the file types that you specify.

  contains:wma

** filetype:.

Returns only webpages created in the file type that you specify.

  filetype:pdf

** inanchor: or inbody: or intitle:.

These keywords return webpages that contain the specified term in the metadata, such as the anchor,

body, or title of the site, respectively. Specify only one term per keyword. You can string multiple

keyword entries as needed.

** ip:.

Finds sites that are hosted by a specific IP address. The IP address must be a dotted quad address.

Type the ip: keyword, followed by the IP address of the website.

** language:.

Returns webpages for a specific language. Specify the language code directly after the language:

keyword. You can also access this function using the Search Builder Language function. For more

information about using Search Builder, see Use advanced search.

** loc: or location:.

Returns webpages from a specific country or region. Specify the country or region code directly

after the loc: keyword. To focus on two or more languages, use a logical OR to group the languages.

  WORD1 WORD2 (loc:US OR loc:GB)

** prefer:.

Adds emphasis to a search term or another operator to help focus the search results.

** site:.

Returns webpages that belong to the specified site. To focus on two or more domains, use a logical

OR to group the domains. You can use site: to search for web domains, top level domains, and

directories that are not more than two levels deep. You can also search for webpages that contain a

specific search word on a site.

** feed:.

Finds RSS or Atom feeds on a website for the terms you search for.

** hasfeed:.

Finds webpages that contain an RSS or Atom feed on a website for the terms you search for.

  site:www.nytimes.com hasfeed:football.

** url:.

Checks whether the listed domain or web address is in the Bing index.