google.md

Google

Learning how to search effectively is super important. This is a collection of ASOs (Advanced Search Operators) and other tips. There are more operators than what are listed here, but I find these to be the most useful.

Operators

• Exclusion: -
  • foo -bar
  • theme -intitle:wordpress
• Synonyms: ~
  • react ~tutorial (include words like guide and reference)
• Wildcard: *
  • bash * and replace (include words like find and search)
• Or: OR or |
  • bash OR ksh
  • bash | ksh
• And: AND
  • Forces all conditions to be true
  • bash AND ksh
• Definition: define:
  • define: foobar
• Range: ..
  • laptop $200..$400
• Math: you can use the search box/omnibar (if using Chromium) to do math, unit and currency conversions, etc.
• Exact match: ""
  • "google advanced search operators"
• Filetype: filetype:, ext:
  • haskell filetype:pdf
  • inurl:edu ext:pdf -intitle:theory haskell
• Common words: +
  • Google removes common words (like and) from searches. +and would force inclusion of that word.
  • biscuits +and tea
• Search in site: site:
  • vim site:blog.zacanger.com
• Find links to a site: link:
  • link:zacanger.com
• Search for text in titles of pages:
  • intitle:
  • allintitle:
  • inblogtitle:
  • inposttitle:
  • intitle:index.of inurl:pictures
• Search only in text of pages:
  • intext:
  • allintext:
  • (intext:"index of /.git") ("parent directory")
• Search in anchors:
  • inanchor:
  • allinanchor:
• Search in url only:
  • inurl:
  • allinurl:
  • inurl:wp-content intitle:index.of
• Find related sites: related:
  • related:
• Find in social media: @
  • @twitter vim
• Show cached version: cache:
  • cache:zacanger.com
• Show info about a site: info:
  • info:zacanger.com
• Around: AROUND()
  • Proximity to other terms
  • unicode AROUND(3) xterm