Google Search Operators

Google Search Operators

allinanchor:
This operator is used to return web documents in which the anchor text contains all the words following the colon. For example: allinanchor:car insurance

This search will return all the web documents in which the anchor text contains the words ‘car’ and ‘insurance’

Note: This operator can’t be easily combined with other Google Operators.

inanchor:
This operator is used to return web documents in which the anchor text contains the word following the colon. For example: inanchor:car

This search will return all the web documents in which the anchor text contains the words ‘car’.

allintext:
This operator is used to return web documents in which the body text (text on the web page) of a web document contains all the word following the colon. For example: allintext:car insurance

This search will return all the web documents in which the body text of a web document contains the words ‘car’ and ‘insurance’

intext:
This operator is used to return web documents in which the body text of a web document contains the word following the colon. For example: intext:car

This search will return all the web documents in which the body text of a web document contains the words ‘car’.

allintitle:
This operator is used to return web documents in which the title tag of a web document contains all the word following the colon. For example: allintitle:car insurance

This search will return all the web documents in which the title tag of a web document contains the words ‘car’ and ‘insurance’

intitle:
This operator is used to return web documents in which the title tag of a web document contains the word following the colon. For example: intitle:car

This search will return all the web documents in which the title tag of a web document contains the words ‘car’

allinurl:
This operator is used to return web documents in which the URL of a web document contains all the word following the colon. For example: allinurl:car insurance

This search will return all the web documents in which the URL of a web document contains the words ‘car’ and ‘insurance’.

inurl:
This operator is used to return web documents in which the URL of a web document contains the word following the colon. For example: inurl:car

This search will return all the web documents in which the URL of a web document contains the words ‘car’

filetype:
This operator is used to return web documents of a particular file type. For example: “SEO Checklist: filetype:pdf

This search will return all the web documents which contains the words ‘seo’ and ‘checklist’ and which are PDF documents. This operator is useful in finding valuable resources.

link:

This is a most common search operator of Google and is used to determine back links of a website. For e.g. link:seomoz.org

This search operator will return a sample of the web documents which link out to the website seomoz.org

related:

This search operator returns web documents which are similar to the webpage you specified following the colon. For example: related:seomoz.org

This search operator will return websites which are similar to seomoz.org website like search engine land, seobook etc. This operator can help a lot in finding link building opportunities.

site:

This search operator is used to search within a specific website. For example: “checklist” site:seomoz.org

This search result will return all the checklist type blog posts published on seomoz so far. The operator can also be used to find contact information or guest post opportunities within a website.

- (minus) operator

Using a minus sign immediately before a word tells Google not to return web documents which contain the word immediately after the minus operator. For e.g. Java -coffee -beans

Here you are telling Google not to return web documents which contain the word ‘coffee’ and ‘beans’

* (Wildcard operator)

Through this search operator you can create a placeholder in your search query and let the Google fill it. For e.g. the query: * management courses will return different types of management courses available.