Google supports several advanced operators, which are query words that have special meaning to Google. Typically these operators modify the search in some way, or even tell Google to do a totally different type of search. For instance, "link:" is a special operator, and the query [link:www.google.com] doesn't do a normal search but instead finds all web pages that have links to www.google.com.
Several of the more common operators use punctuation instead of words, or do not require a colon. Among these operators are OR, "" (the quote operator), - (the minus operator), and + (the plus operator). More information on these types of operators is available on the Basics of Search page. Many of these special operators are accessible from the Advanced Search page, but some are not. Below is a list of all the special operators Google supports.
Google supports several advanced operators, which are query words that have special meaning to
Google. Typically these operators modify the search in some way, or even tell Google to do a totally different
type of search. For instance, "link:" is a special operator, and the query [link:www.google.com] doesn't do a
normal search but instead finds all web pages that have links to www.google.com.
Several of the more common operators use punctuation instead of words, or do not require a colon.
Among these operators are OR, "" (the quote operator), - (the minus operator), and + (the plus operator). More
information on these types of operators is available on the Basics of Search page. Many of these special operators are accessible from the Advanced
Search page, but some are not. Below is a list of all the special operators Google supports.