Example Search Query: “Homelessness in America”
Search operator: | What it does: | Example: |
“ ” | Search for results that mention a word or phrase. | |
OR | Search for results related to X or Y. | |
| | Same as OR: | |
AND | Search for results related to X and Y. | |
– | Search for results that don’t mention a word or phrase. | |
* | Wildcard matching any word or phrase. | |
( ) | Group multiple searches. | |
define: | Search for the definition of a word or phrase. | |
cache: | Find the most recent cache of a webpage. | |
filetype: | Search for particular types of files (e.g., PDF). | |
ext: | Same as filetype: | |
site: | Search for results from a particular website. | |
related: | Search for sites related to a given domain. | |
intitle: | Search for pages with a particular word in the title tag. | |
allintitle: | Search for pages with multiple words in the title tag. | |
inurl: | Search for pages with a particular word in the URL. | |
allinurl: | Search for pages with multiple words in the URL. | |
intext: | Search for pages with a particular word in their content. | |
allintext: | Search for pages with multiple words in their content. | |
source: | Search for results from a particular source in Google News. | |
before: | Search for results from before a particular date. | |
after: | Search for results from after a particular date. |