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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Google Search Tricks for better results

A few things you might want to try with Google:

Hand type the following prefixes and note their utility:



1.link >>>url Shows other pages with links to that url.

2.related>>>url same as "what's related" on serps.

3.site >>>domain restricts search results to the given domain.

4.allinurl >>>shows only pages with all terms in the url.

5.inurl>>> like allinurl, but only for the next query word.

6.allintitle >>> shows only results with terms in title.

intitle: similar to allintitle, but only for the next word. "intitle:webmasterworld google" finds only pages with webmasterworld in the title, and google anywhere on the page.

7.cache >>>url will show the Google version of the passed url.

8.info >>>url will show a page containing links to related searches, backlinks, and pages containing the url. This is the same as typing the url into the search box.

9.spell >>>will spell check your query and search for it.

10.stocks >>>will lookup the search query in a stock index.

11.filetype>>>will restrict searches to that filetype. "-filetype:doc" to remove Microsoft word files.

12.daterange >>>is supported in Julian date format only. 2452384 is an example of a Julian date.

13.maps >>>If you enter a street address, a link to Yahoo Maps and to MapBlast will be presented.

14.phone >>>enter anything that looks like a phone number to have a name and address displayed. Same is true for something that looks like an address (include a name and zip code)

15.site >>>www.somesite.net " www.somesite. net"
(tells you how many pages of your site are indexed by google)

16.allintext >>>searches only within text of pages, but not in the links or page title

17.allinlinks >>>searches only within links, not text or title