Google Search Cheatsheet

Saturday, July 31, 2010 Karen H
OPERATOR EXAMPLE
FINDS PAGES CONTAINING...
vacation hawaii
the words vacation and Hawaii .
Maui OR Hawaii
either the word Maui or the word Hawaii
"To each his own"
the exact phrase to each his own
virus –computer
the word virus but
NOT the word computer
+sock
Only the word sock, and not the plural
or any tenses or synonyms
~auto loan
loan info for both the word auto and
its synonyms: truck, car, etc.
define:computer
definitions of the word computer
from around the Web.
red * blue
the words red and blue separated
by one or more words.
I'm Feeling Lucky
Takes you directly to first web page
returned for your query.
CALCULATOR OPERATORS
MEANING
TYPE INTO SEARCH BOX
+
addition
45 + 39
-
subtraction
45 – 39
*
multiplication
45 * 39
/
division
45 / 39
% of
percentage of
45% of 39
^
raise to a power
2^5
(2 to the 5th power)
ADVANCED OPERATORS
MEANING
WHAT TO TYPE INTO SEARCH BOX
(& DESCRIPTION OF RESULTS)
site:
Search only one website
admission
site:www.stanford.edu
(Search Stanford Univ.
site for admissions info.)
[#]…[#]
Search within a
range of numbers
DVD player $100..150
(Search for DVD players
between $100
and $150)
link:
linked pages
link:www.stanford.edu
(Find pages that link
to the Stanford
University website.)
info:
Info about a page
info:www.stanford.edu
(Find information
about the Stanford
University website.)
related:
Related pages
related:www.stanford.edu
(Find websites
related to the Stanford
University website.)




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