Friday, 26 May 2006

Google Syntax Elements

Google allows use to use specific syntax elements to enable you to further target your searches. The following words should all be followed immediately by the text that you wish to search for. Syntax elements can also be mixed within the same search string.

intitle:
allintitle:
intext:
allintext:
inanchor:
allinanchor:
site:
inurl:
allinurl:
cache:
filetype:
related:
info:
define:
stocks:

For example “visual studio” filetype:ppt
This will search for Visual Studio Powerpoint presentations.

Try “visual studio” filetype:ppt site:microsoft.com
This performs the same search but only against the Microsoft.com domain.
Full explanations for these Syntax Elements can be found by searching Google

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