Google command list

If you want to use Google to its fullest, it is always good to know the tricks behind Google syntax. Learning it is not very difficult, especially if you get a handy list of commands.

This page has a nice list of Google commands for especial searches. You will also probably find things that you didn't know that Google can do. For example, check the following advanced tips:

filetype:
Does a search for a specific file type, or, if you put a minus sign (-) in front of it, it won’t list any results with that filetype. Try it with .mp3, .mpg or .avi if you like.
daterange:
Is supported in Julian date format only. 2452384 is an example of a Julian date.
allinurl:
If you start a query with [allinurl:], Google will restrict the results to those with all of the query words in the url. For instance, [allinurl: google search] will return only documents that have both “google” and “search” 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 instance, [inurl:google search] will return documents that mention the word “google” in their url, and mention the word “search” anywhere in the document (url or no). Note there can be no space between the “inurl:” and the following word.
allintitle:
If you start a query with [allintitle:], Google will restrict the results to those with all of the query words in the title. For instance, [allintitle: google search] will return only documents that have both “google” and “search” in the title.

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