Google search engine tips and syntax structure

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Most powerful Google search engine tips and syntax structure.
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– Explicit Phrase or word: Looking explicit phrase or word, use double quotes.

ex) "ipbalance"

– "OR" : one or the other (Note: The OR has to be capitalized).

ex) Technology OR Technical

– Search within a Specific site:

ex) site:www.ipbalance.com helper-address
ex) site:www.ipbalance.com bgp tips

– Specific Document Types:

ex) "Technolgy researching" filetype:ppt

– Exclude Words: "-" sign in front of the word you want to exclude.

ex) Technology tips -marketing

– Include Similar Words:

ex) "Technology researching" ~professional

– Word Definitions:

ex) define:plethora

– Phonebook searching:

  ex) phonebook:301-555-1234 
  ex) rphonebook: Washbi jones CA  (Residential phonebook)

** Area code searching: http://areacode.org/703

 

 

– Move info

ex) movie: Number 9
 

– Numeric Ranges:

ex) 1001..1005 Green St.

– Calculator:

ex) 48512 * 1.02
ex) 12 + 34 – 56 * 7 / 8
ex) 25% of 469
ex) 2^9 or 2**9
ex) 200 Euros in USD, 220 lbs in kg, or 70 in hex

– allintext: All query words must appear in the text body.

ex) allintext:technology ip internet

– intext: A query word must appear in the text body.

ex) Barak Obama intext:TAX (Search Barak Obama with TAX in the text body)

– allintitle: All query words must appear in title(Meta).

ex) allintitle: Google query Operators

– intitle: A query word must appear in title(Meta).

 

– allinurl: All query words must appear in the URL.

ex) allinurl:Google query

– inurl: A query word must appear in the URL.

ex) Google inurl:query

– Searching(Querying) for mp3 files from Google index.

ex) Google: -inurl:htm -inurl:html intitle:”index of” “Last modified” mp3
ex) * -inurl:htm -inurl:html intitle: will narrow down scope of searching areas.
ex) Google: -inurl:htm -inurl:html intitle:”index of” “Last modified” mp3 "Mozart"