| Search |
Result |
Example |
| term1 term2 |
Both term1 and term2. Common terms are ignored. Stemming occurs when there is more than 1 term. |
wheaton mastodon |
term1 OR term2
term1 | term 2
|
Either term1 or term2 |
wheaton OR calvin mastodon
wheaton | calvin mastodon
|
| +term |
Will have this term. Can be a common term. Will also turn off stemming of a word. |
mastodon +dung |
| -term |
Without this term. |
mastodon -calvin |
| ~term |
Term and its synonyms. |
mastodon ~food |
| number..number |
Number in a specific range. |
mastodon 1980..1995 |
| "phrase" |
Exact phrase. |
"perry mastodon" |
| "term1 * term2" |
Phrase with any word in the position of the *. |
mastodon "lived in the *" |
| term1-term2 |
Will include hyphenated word,
words next to each other without the hyphen,
terms together without a space or hyphen, and stemmed variants.
Note: Use if you are not sure a word is hyphenated or one word. |
plant-eating
mud-slinging
|
| term’s |
Words with an apostrophe.
Its will return different result from it’s.
Use OR between terms; its OR it&rspuo;s.
|
mastodon OR mastodon’s |
| Search |
Result |
Example |
| intitle:term |
Term in official HTML title. |
intitle:mastodon |
| allintitle:term1 OR term2
-term3
|
Term in official HTML title. Can use OR and - between words and phrases. |
allintitle:mastodon -plant |
site:domain
site:domain1 OR site:domain2
|
With domain name. |
site:wheaton.edu
site:edu OR site:org
|
| filetype:filetype |
With filetype |
filetype:pdf |
| daterange:juliandate-juliandate
|
Compared to the date of the most recent
Julian date Google's crawler visited and found changed content.
Use http://www.faganfinder.com/google.html to get a Julian date. |
daterange:2452640-2453004 |
| inurl:term |
Term in the URL |
inurl:mastodon |
allinurl:term1 OR term2
-term3
|
Term in official HTML title. Can use OR and - between words and phrases. |
allinurl:mastodon OR pachyderm -food |
| link:URL |
Pages that link to a Web page. |
link:www.fossilnews.com |
| related:URL |
Similar pages. |
related:www.fossilnews.com |
| inanchor:term |
Term in visible text of link or anchor. |
inanchor:mastodon |
| allinanchor:term1 OR term2
| Term in visible text of link or anchor. Can use OR and - between words and phrases |
allinanchor:mastodon -band |
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