List of Google Commands

AgaBoogaBoo

Lifer
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link:www.yoursite.com - This command will show you all of the backlinks to your site. Handy tool for finding out who is linking to you.

related:www.yoursite.com - This command will show you a list of pages that Google thinks are related to your site in some way.

site:www.yoursite.com - Searches only those pages from the site you list.

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.

define: - The query [define:] will provide a definition of the words you enter after it, gathered from various online sources. The definition will be for the entire phrase entered (i.e., it will include all the words in the exact order you typed them).

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.

intitle: - If you include [intitle:] in your query, Google will restrict the results to documents containing that word in the title. For instance, [intitle:google search] will return documents that mention the word ?google? in their title, and mention the word ?search? anywhere in the document (title or no). Note there can be no space between the ?intitle:? and the following word.

cache: - If you include other words in the query, Google will highlight those words within the cached document. For instance, [cache:www.subnixus.com web] will show the cached content with the word ?web? highlighted.

info: - The query [info:] will present some information that Google has about that web page. For instance, [info:www.google.com] will show information about the Google homepage. Note there can be no space between the ?info:? and the web page url.

spell: - Does a spell check of any given word.

stocks: - If you begin a query with the [stocks:] operator, Google will treat the rest of the query terms as stock ticker symbols, and will link to a page showing stock information for those symbols. For instance, [stocks: intc yhoo] will show information about Intel and Yahoo. (Note you must type the ticker symbols, not the company name.)

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.

daterange: - Is supported in Julian date format only. 2452384 is an example of a Julian date.

maps: - Is a shortcut to do a google maps search.

phone: - Searches for anything that looks like a phone number.

allinlinks: - Searches only within links, not text or title.

allintext: - searches only within text of pages, but not in the links or page title.

From here: http://www.subnixus.com/2005/12/19/google-tips
 

myusername

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Alright, so how the ****** do I get stupid piece of ****** google to include my punctuation in a search?
 

AgaBoogaBoo

Lifer
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Originally posted by: C6FT7
There be bells ringing near Hubbard Glacier tonight.
lol, not related to this at all, you could have just PMed that to me if you wanted to tell me that instead of posting it in a thread ;)
 

mAdD INDIAN

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Here's a tip to add to the link: command, make sure http:// isn't in there other wise it won't work.
 

DaveJ

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FYI, Google Calculator also does unit conversions. I use it all the time for metric <-> imperial stuff and it's great for MPG <-> km/l too. Cool! :D Just enter in the measurement you want to convert, the word "in", then what you want to convert it to.

Example:

Search for "24in in cm" (minus the quotes) to get 60.96cm

It won't tell you how many rods to the hogshead your car gets though. :(

Dave
 

mobobuff

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Don't forget the calculator!

And the fact that you can ask conversions such as...

"how many pints are in 39 gallons?" (no prefixes necessary)

And you can even phrase your calculations in a convoluted manner and still have it work..

"how much is a million plus sixty two?"