diff -r 07f96799cb19 -r 6413021852a2 search-web.rst --- a/search-web.rst Tue Nov 09 18:02:57 2010 +0200 +++ /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 @@ -1,149 +0,0 @@ --*- mode: outline; coding: utf-8 -*- - -* Google search query syntax. - - http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?answer=136861 - Google search basics: More search help - 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. - -** 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. - - 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 -