Google special operators

Most of the people know just using Google for searching by typing the query in the text box.Apart from that Google has got some special operators which can be helpful in retrieving more information particularly about the websites.

Alternate query types

Cache Operator : The query [cache:] will show the version of the web page that Google has in its cache. For instance, [cache:fivepointsome1.blogspot.com] will show Google's cache of the Five point someone homepage. Note there can be no space between the "cache:" and the web page url. If you include other words in the query, Google will highlight those words within the cached document. For instance, [cache:fivepointsome1.blogspot.com web] will show the cached content with the word "web" highlighted.


link: This is used to find all websites which link to your webpage. This functionality is also accessible from the Advanced Search page, under Page Specific Search > Links. For instance, [link:fivepointsome1.blogspot.com] will list webpages that have links pointing to the Five point someone homepage.


related : The query [related:] will list web pages that are "similar" to a specified web page. For instance, [related:fivepointsome1.blogspot.com] will list web pages that are similar to the my homepage. This functionality is also accessible by clicking on the "Similar Pages" link on Google's main results page, and from the Advanced Search page, under Page Specific Search > Similar.


Info : The query [info:] will present some information that Google has about that web page.This functionality is also accessible by typing the web page url directly into a Google search box.

Other information needs

Define: The query [define:] will provide a definition of the words you enter after it, gathered from various online sources. The definition will be for the entire phrase entered (i.e., it will include all the words in the exact order you typed them).

Stocks:If you begin a query with the [stocks:] operator, Google will treat the rest of the query terms as stock ticker symbols, and will link to a page showing stock information for those symbols. For instance, [stocks: intc yhoo] will show information about Intel and Yahoo. (Note you must type the ticker symbols, not the company name.)This functionality is also available if you search just on the stock symbols (e.g. [ intc yhoo ]) and then click on the "Show stock quotes" link on the results page.

Query Modifiers

Site:If you include [site:] in your query, Google will restrict the results to those websites in the given domain. This functionality is also available through Advanced Search page, under Advanced Web Search > Domains. Allintitle: If you start a query with [allintitle:], Google will restrict the results to those with all of the query words in the title.

Intitle: If you include [intitle:] in your query, Google will restrict the results to documents containing that word in the title.

Allinurl: If you start a query with [allinurl:], Google will restrict the results to those with all of the query words in the url.

Inurl : If you include [inurl:] in your query, Google will restrict the results to documents containing that word in the url.


For more information go to Google help

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