Here are the top Google Shortcuts that any
savvy Googler should have under his or her belt.
You'll find that using these Google Search
Shortcuts will greatly cut down on your Google
search time, as well as make your Google
searches more effective and more efficient.
| Google Shortcut |
Finds Pages That Have... |
| nokia phone |
the words nokia and phone |
| sailing OR boating |
either the word sailing or
the word boating |
| "love me tender" |
the exact phrase love me tender |
| printer -cartridge |
the word printer but NOT the
word cartridge |
| Toy Story +2 |
movie title including the number 2 |
| ~auto |
looks up the word auto and
synonyms |
| define:serendipity |
definitions of the word
serendipity |
| how now * cow |
the words how now cow
separated by one or more words |
| + |
addition; 978+456 |
| - |
subtraction; 978-456 |
| * |
multiplication; 978*456 |
| / |
division; 978/456 |
| % of |
percentage; 50% of 100 |
| ^ |
raise to a power; 4^18 (4 to
the eighteenth power) |
| old in new (conversion) |
45 celsius in Fahrenheit |
| site:(search only one
website) |
site:websearch.about.com
“invisible web” |
| link:(find linked pages) |
link:www.lifehacker.com |
| #...#(search within a number
range) |
nokia phone $200...$300 |
| daterange:(search within
specific date range) |
bosnia daterange:200508-200510 |
| safesearch: (exclude adult
content) |
safesearch:breast cancer |
| info: (find info about a
page) |
info:www.websearch.about.com |
| related: (related pages) |
related:www.websearch.about.com |
| cache: (view cached page) |
cache:google.com |
| filetype:(restrict search to
specific filetype) |
zoology filetype:ppt |
| allintitle: (search for
keywords in page title) |
allintitle:"nike" running |
| inurl:(restrict search to
page URLs) |
inurl:chewbacca |
| site:.edu (specific domain
search) |
site:.edu, site:.gov, site:.org,
etc. |
| site:country code (restrict
search to country) |
site:.br “rio de Janeiro” |
| intext:(search for keyword in
body text) |
intext:parlor |
| allintext: (return pages with
all words specified in body text) |
allintext:north pole |
| book(search book text) |
book The Lord of the Rings |
| phonebook:(find a phone
number) |
phonebook:Google CA |
| bphonebook: (find business
phone numbers) |
bphonebook:Intel OR |
| rphonebook:(find residential
phone numbers) |
rphonebook:Joe Smith Seattle WA
|
| movie:(search for showtimes) |
movie:wallace and gromit 97110 |
| stocks:(get a stock quote) |
stocks:ncesa |
| weather:(get local weather) |
weather:97132 |
