Operator

Seo Operator

Intitle. The intitle operator instructs Google to look for a search word in

the title of documents. It can be mixed with a search for other words anywhere

in the document.

Allintitle. If you want to specify more than one word in a title, use the

allintitle operator. This operator cannot be combined with a search for terms

anywhere in the documents and thus must begin your query.

Inurl. The inurl operator tells Google to return pages that contain the attached

word somewhere in the URL of the document. This operator can

be combined with other search terms as well. For example: acid rain

inurl:cbs will return pages with cbs somewhere in the address and with

the search terms acid and rain on them.

Allinurl. This operator can be used to search for documents where all the

query words are located somewhere in a document’s URL. For example,

the query allinurl:diabetes faq will find Web pages with both diabetes

and faq in the URL (site name, directory, or file name). The allinurl has

a use similar to that of inurl because it allows you to find sites with directories

or files that include specific search concepts.

File Extensions Accurately : If you are looking up a Web page you have found mentioned in a

print source or otherwise need to type in a URL manually, be sure

not only to get everything spelled right, but pay attention to the file

extension. Originally, most pages ended in html, but now many end

in htm. Adding or omitting that one letter can make the difference between

finding the page and getting a “Page not found” message.

And now, of course, many pages end in other extensions, such as

asp, cfm, php, and so on.

Cache. Using this operator in a query will return the page that Google

has stored in its database. For example, cache:www.cnn.com will bring

up the main page of the CNN Web site. Note that popular and frequently

updated sites like this one are spidered much more often than other sites.

In a test of this query, the cached page was only two days old. Other sites

may have cached pages up to a month old.

Link. This operator allows you to find out what other pages link to the

page you name. The number of links can be a measure of importance (or

at least popularity). More valuable, though, is the fact that pages with

similar content tend to link to each other, so this is a handy way of doing

some cross searching. Example, suppose you like the art museum site

www.getty.edu. The Google query link:www.getty.edu will return a

list of pages linked to that page. After the internal page links (from other

pages on the same Web site) you’ll find links from external sites, many

of which also cover art topics.

Related. The related operator returns a list of Web pages that contain

content similar to the content on the page named in the query. In the

Getty Museum example above, the query related:www.getty.edu will return

a list of other art museums’ Web sites. This command is also available

as a hyperlinked “Similar pages” choice on the Google results page

after each result.

The related operator is one of the most powerful and useful ways

to locate other information about your topic quickly. Often you will find

entire sites devoted to the topic of your query. This operator allows you

to locate other focused pages in one step.

Related. The related operator returns a list of Web pages that contain

content similar to the content on the page named in the query. In the

Getty Museum example above, the query related:www.getty.edu will return

a list of other art museums’ Web sites. This command is also available

as a hyperlinked “Similar pages” choice on the Google results page

after each result.

The related operator is one of the most powerful and useful ways

to locate other information about your topic quickly. Often you will find

entire sites devoted to the topic of your query. This operator allows you

to locate other focused pages in one step.

Stocks. This operator will cause Google to return stock information for

the stock ticker symbol you enter. For example, stocks:wmt will return a

page of stock market information for Wal-Mart, together with news and

other links. If you don’t know the ticker symbol for a company you’re

interested in, just type in the company name with the stocks command,

as in stocks:honda. You’ll get a “no such ticker symbol” notice and the

option to look up the symbol of the name you typed in. You’ll find the

symbol in one more click.

Now you can perform advanced searches either with the Advanced

Search Page or directly from the Google search box on the main page.