18 May, 2012
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Tech Notes Internet Google Search Commands

Google Search Commands

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.ucla.edu
(Search UCAL Univ. site for admissions info.)
[#]…[#] Search within a
range of numbers		 BlueRay player $100..150
(Search for BlueRay players between $100 and $150)
link: linked pages link:www.ucla.edu
(Find pages that link to the UCLA University website.)
info: Info about a page info:www.ucla.edu
(Find information about the UCLA University website.)
related: Related pages related:www.ucal.edu
(Find websites related to the UCLA University website.)
General Cool Commands for Google Search:
cache: Show the cached snapshot of a page
define: Show Google's glossary definations for a term
stocks: Show American stockmarket information for a given ticker symbol
allintitle: Restrict a search so that all the keywords must appear in the title
intitle: Restrict a search so that some of the keywords must appear in the title
allintext: Restrict a search so that all of the keywords must appear in the body text
allinurl: Restrict a search so that all of the keywords must appear in the page address
inurl: Restrict a search so that some keywords must appear in the page address
[#]...[#] Search a range of numbers as a keyword
daterange: Restrict a search to any daterange
date: Restrict a search to a recent timeframe
safesearch: Restrict a search to exclude adult-content
filetype: Restrict a search to a given type of file