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     2 

     3 * Google search query syntax.

     4 

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

     6                 Google search basics: More search help

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

     8                 Google SOAP Search API Reference

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

    10                 Google WebSearch Protocol Reference for Google Site Search

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

    12 

    13 ** Phrase Search.

    14 

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

    16 in all results exactly as entered.

    17 

    18   "WORD1 WORD2 WORD3"

    19 

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

    21 

    22 ** Boolean OR Search.

    23 

    24 "OR" capital is essential.

    25 

    26   WORD1 OR WORD2

    27 

    28 Remove site from search by "-site:"

    29 

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

    31 

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

    33 

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

    35 sign in front of it.

    36 

    37  +WORD WORD1 WORD2

    38 

    39 ** Exclude query term.

    40 

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

    42 term you want to exclude from the search results.

    43 

    44   WORD1 WORD2 -WORD

    45 

    46 ** Fill in the blanks.

    47 

    48   GNU *

    49   Mozilla *

    50 

    51 ** Site Restricted Search.

    52 

    53   site:example.com WORD1 WORD2

    54   site:.gov WORD

    55 

    56 ** Cached Results Page.

    57 

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

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

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

    61 

    62   cache:www.google.com

    63 

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

    65 

    66 ** Title Search.

    67 

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

    69 

    70   intitle:WORD1 intitle:WORD2 WORD3

    71   allintitle:WORD1 WORD2

    72 

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

    74 at the front of your query.

    75 

    76 ** URL Search.

    77 

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

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

    80 

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

    82 words in the URL links on the page.

    83 

    84   inurl:WORD1 inurl:WORD2 WORD

    85   allinurl: WORD1 WORD2

    86 

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

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

    89 use the "inurl:" operator for each word.

    90 

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

    92 the front of your query.

    93 

    94 ** Text Only Search.

    95 

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

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

    98 

    99   allintext: WORD1 WORD2

   100 

   101 ** File Type Filtering.

   102 

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

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

   105 specified extension.

   106 

   107   WORD filetype:doc OR filetype:pdf

   108 

   109 ** File Type Exclusion.

   110 

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

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

   113 

   114   WORD -filetype:doc -filetype:pdf

   115 

   116 ** Web Document Info.

   117 

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

   119 

   120   info:www.google.com

   121 

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

   123 

   124 ** Back Links.

   125 

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

   127 be no space between "link:" and the web page URL.

   128 

   129   link:www.google.com

   130 

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

   132 

   133 ** Related Links.

   134 

   135 The query prefix "related:" lists web pages that are similar to the specified web page. Note there

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

   137 

   138   related:www.google.com

   139 

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

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