| ADVANCED | Type | Example | Description |
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| Similar terms | ~dumb little man | Use the "~" symbol to return similar terms. ~dumb little man -dumb will get you pages that contain "funny little man" and "stupid little man" but not "dumb little man" | |
| Definitions | define:garda | Get a quick definition of the word garda from the Web | |
| Wildcard | can't * me love lyrics | The "*" symbol is a wildcard. This is useful if you're trying to find the lyrics to a song, but can't remember the exact lyrics. can't * me love lyrics will return the Beatles song you're looking for. It's also useful for finding stuff only in certain domains, such as educational information: "dumb little man" research *.edu |
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| Domain | admission site:www.stanford.edu | Use the site: operator to search only within a certain website. site:dumblittleman.com leo will search for the term "leo" only within this blog | |
| Backlinks | link: www.abspace.it | The "link:" operator will find pages that link to a specific URL. You can use this not only for a main URL but even to a specific page. Not all links to an URL are listed, however | |
| Movies | movies titanic | To find reviews and showtimes for movies playing near you, type "movies" or the name of a current film into the Google search box. If you've already saved your location on a previous search, the top search result will display showtimes for nearby theaters for the movie you've chosen | |
| Music | The "music:" operator returns content related to music only | ||
| File types | If you just want to search for .PDF files, or Word documents, or Excel spreadsheets, for example, use the "filetype:" or "ext:" operator | ||
| Cached pages | Looking for a version of a page the Google stores on its own servers? This can help with outdated or update pages. Use the "cached:" operator | ||
| Numrange | DVD player $50..$100 | Search within a range of numbers | |
| Time | time London | To see the time in many cities around the world, type in "time" and the name of the city | |
| Weather | weather San Francisco | To see the weather for many U.S. and worldwide cities, type "weather" followed by the city and state, U.S. zip code, or city and country | |
| Real Estate and Housing | homes Los Angeles | To see home listings in a given area type "housing", "home", or "real estate" and the name of a city or a U.S. zip code into the Google search box and hit the Enter key or click the Google Search button. | |
| Related | related:www.cnn.com | To search for web pages that have similar content to a given site, type "related:" followed by the website address into the Google search box | |
| Patent Numbers | Patent 5123123 | To search for U.S. patents, enter the word "patent" followed by the patent number into the Google search box and hit the Enter key or click the Google Search button. |