Here are the advanced Google search commands and operators you need to know.
Operator: “..”
Instance: “Brand Reachers”
Outcome: Returns pages that include the exact phrase inside the quote marks.
Operator: OR
Instance: facebook OR twitter OR instagram
Outcome: Returns pages that include any of the words in the query.
Operator: filetype:
Instance: Parrot filetype: JPEG | PDF | PSD
Outcome: It Returns files of the specified type such as DOC, PDF, XLS and INI. Multiple file types can be searched for simultaneously by separating extensions with “|”.
Operator: –
Instance: Search Engines -google
Outcome: Excludes any pages that include words with the dash in front of them.
Operator: *
Instance: * is the best social media platform
Outcome: The asterisk is a wildcard and will match with any word.
Operator: #..#
Instance: google changes #2015..2018#
Outcome: Searches for the range of numbers including and between the two stated.
Operator: site:
Instance: site:brandreachers.com social media
Outcome: Only returns Outcome from the website specified.
Operator: ( )
Instance: (“social media” OR “social platform”) -Twitter
Outcome: Lets you combine search operators. In this case allowing two exact match searches with no mentions of twitter.
Operator: inurl:
Instance: inurl: seo
Outcome: It Returns results with that sequence of characters in the URL.
Operator: in text:
Instance: in text: seo companies
Outcome: It Returns files with the string anywhere in the text.
Operator: AND
Instance: Jobs AND SEO
Outcome: This will return only results related to both JOBS and SEO.
Operator: cache:
Instance: cache:brandreachers.com
Outcome: This will return the most recent cached version of a web page.
Operator: related:
Instance: related:brandreachers.com
Outcome: Find sites related to a given domain.
Operator: similar:
Instance: similar:brandreachers.com
Outcome: Find sites related to a given domain.
Operator: allinurl:
Instance: allinurl:seo techniques
Outcome: It Results containing all of the specified words in the URL will be returned.
Operator: allinurl:
