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Thanks to http://www.mapelli.info/tips/ultimate-google-search-tips-guide, http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/refinesearch.html, http://www.seobook.com/archives/002047.shtml and http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/cheatsheet.html for the information on these tips, as well as Joseph Becher.
Disclamer: This site is not controlled or supported by Google in anyway.
Any problems with the page can be directed to Joseph Becher, care of the address at the bottom of this page.
Welcome to the Unoffical Google Advanced Search page.
This page is provided as a reference and a guide to using the advanced search operators that Google provides.
Most of the operators have a Google Search box pre-filled so you can see example results.
http://www.google.com/search?
hl=en
&q=test
&btnG=Google+Search
Google advanced search sends the following URI to the server. Here is the decoding:
http://www.google.com/search?
as_q=test (query string)
&hl=en (language)
&num=10 (number of results [10,20,30,50,100])
&btnG=Google+Search
&as_epq= (complete phrase)
&as_oq= (at least one)
&as_eq= (excluding)
&lr= (language results. [lang_countrycode])
&as_ft=i (filetype include or exclude. [i,e])
&as_filetype= (filetype extension)
&as_qdr=all (date [all,M3,m6,y])
&as_nlo= (number range, low)
&as_nhi= (number range, high)
&as_occt=any (terms occur [any,title,body,url,links])
&as_dt=i (restrict by domain [i,e])
&as_sitesearch= (restrict by [site])
&as_rights= (usage rights [cc_publicdomain,cc_attribute,cc_sharealike,cc_noncommercial,cc_nonderived]
&safe=images (safesearch [safe=on,images=off])
&as_rq= (similar pages)
&as_lq= (pages that link)
&gl=us (2-digit country code in lowercase)
Note: Usage Rights does not seem to be available as a search operator. If you know of one, please email Joseph Becher at the address at the bottom of the page.
Google advanced search sends the following URI to the server. Here is the decoding:
http://www.google.com/imghp?
as_q= (query string)
&hl=en (language)
&btnG=Google+Search
&as_epq= (complete phrase)
&as_oq= (at least one)
&as_eq= (excluding)
&imgtype= (restrict by image type)
&imgsz= (restrict by image size)
&imgc= (restrict by image color)
&as_filetype= (filetype extension)
&as_sitesearch= (restrict by [site])
&safe=off (safesearch [safe=on,images=off])
&as_st=y
Searching from Firefox 2.0.0.4:
http://www.google.com/search?
Searching from Internet Explorer 7.0.5730.11:
q=test
&ie=utf-8
&oe=utf-8
&aq=t
&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official
&client=firefox-a
http://www.google.com/search?
q=test
&sourceid=ie7
&rls=com.microsoft:en-US
&ie=utf8
&oe=utf8
So far the only diference I can see is that the Firefox search allows images, where the Internet Explorer ones does not. If anybody wants to explain the query strings, or add their own, please email Joseph Becher at the address at the bottom of the page.
Adding &filter=0 to the search URI will show similar results. This is the same as clicking the message
In order to show you the most relevant results, we have omitted some entries very similar to the X already displayed.
If you like, you can repeat the search with the omitted results included.
that is found on the last page of the results.
Thanks to Ray Pennisi. Details from http://www.threadwatch.org/node/3985.
"Browse By Name" is a search method that first surfaced in the Google Toolbar. It was added to Firefox 2.0+ as the default search from the location bar. To use, it requires the following two parameters:
&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1
Thanks to Kevin Goodsell. Details from http://www.squarefree.com/2004/09/09/googles-browse-by-name-in-firefox/.
Forces Google to include the word. Can be used with stop words, as in 'over +the fence'.
Excludes the word, ensuring that it will not appear of result, as in 'pig -bacon'.
Gives you a choice. You can have 'one' OR 'the other', as in 'cats OR dogs'. Remember that this operator must be in all CAPS. You can also use the symbol for OR, '|', known as the pipe.
Putting words in quotes talls Google to search for the complete phrase. This can also include stop words, as in "the search engine".
Search for similar words, or synonyms. Searching search ~tips will returns results with 'help', guide', 'tutorial' etc.
The '*' is called a wildcard. Searching for 'looking for *' will return results like 'looking for dogs', 'looking for cats' etc. You can also use the wildcard with phrases, such as "Los Angeles * jobs" to search for jobs in Los Angeles, etc.
Thanks to Rob Snell for the job hunt tip.
Search within a range of numbers. Searching for 'computer $500..1000' will find computers between $500 and $1000 dollars.
Search for 'new' pages Google added in the last X months, such as 'google date:3
date: accepts 3, 6 and 12.
You may limit your search to an exact date of a "range" of dates that a page was added by Google. Dates must be entered in julian format.
Searching for 'google daterange:2453006-2453371' returns pages that Google indexed in the year 2004
Google will return files of this type.
Currently officially supported file types are pdf, ps, wk1, wk2, wk3, wk4, wk5, wki, wks, wku, lwp, mw, xls, ppt, doc, wks, wps, wdb, wri, rtf, swf, ans, txt, but other are supported as well, like xml, cpp, java etc.
Restricts the results to the given domain. site:jwebnet.net will find all indexed pages on www.jwebnet.net, while site:jwebnet.net design will find all design-related pages on www.jwebnet.net .
You can also find your supplemental results using this query: site:www.jwebnet.net *** -sljktf.
Displays the page from Google's saved cache. Other words in the search will be highlighted in the returned page.
Very helpful if a page is down or deleted.
Returns pages that link to the your search. link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google will list webpages with links pointing to wikipedia's page for Google.
Returns pages that Google thinks are related.
returns some informations about the given web page. Typically website and description.
Note the information below the results on this search
Searched for the the definition of a word.
search in residential phone book. sample: phonebook:smith Los Angeles
Google provides the phone number, address and a link to a Google map.
Google also provides a link to get your name removes if desired.
Returns stock information for the symbol provided.
Returns the weather forcast.
Returns track and album information for the search term.
Returns all movies related to the search term given. Sample: movie:transformers
Clicking on a moview title allows you to pull showtimes. You can also find movies by locations: movie:nyc , movie 10015.
Search for flights inside USA using the airport code. sample: jfk lax
Search for documents with all the words in their title.
This operator cannot be combined with others.
Search for documents with the first word after the intitle operator in their title.
Search for documents with all the in their text.
This operator cannot be combined with others.
Search for documents with the first word after the intext operator in their text.
Search for documents with all the words in their url.
This operator cannot be combined with others.
Search for documents with the first word after the inurl operator in their url.
Search for documents with all the words in an anchor.
This operator cannot be combined with others.
Search for documents with the first word after the operator in an anchor.
You can use Google as a calculator for basic math:
sqrt(49) returns 7, if you need non-square roots you can use for example 3th root of 27.
Google calculator supports various trigonometic functions, expecting a radians value, that can be expressed also using the pi constant: sin(pi/2), tan (2/3*pi)
Returns natural (base e) logarithm: ln(e^5)
Returns base 10 logarithm: log(100)
Returns n factorial: 3!
Numbers can be entered also in hexadecimal, octal and binary base, using 0x, 0o and 0b prefixes, for example 5 +0xf+0b1001
Google can do conversions too.
in degrees
in radians
You can convert radians to degrees: pi/2 in degrees or convert degrees into radians: 90 degrees in radians
in hex
in binary
in octal
in decimal
You can convert to each of the given bases: 16 in hex , 16 in octal, 16 in binary, 0×11 in decimal
You can also use 2007 in roman numerals (in case you're building a temple and you need to know how to write the year on it)
You can use 100miles in km , 1m in mm, but also 200000 km in light-second etc.
Google can convert speed, time and temerature.
3 € in $ or 3 euros in dollars
Google can help with cooking...
Google Image Search has advanced operators as well. The search page can be found at http://www.google.com/advanced_image_search.
Adding &filter=0 to the search URI will show similar results. This is the same as clicking the message
In order to show you the most relevant results, we have omitted some entries very similar to the X already displayed.
If you like, you can repeat the search with the omitted results included.
that is found on the last page of the results.
Thanks to Ray Pennisi. Details from http://www.threadwatch.org/node/3985.
Adding &imgtype= to the search URI lets you filter your results to a certain type:
Adding &imgsz= to the search URI lets yout filter your results to a certain size:
As you can see, using the URI, it is possible to filter the size further then you can with the options on the advanced search page. If anybody knows what dimensions the sizes break down to, please send Joseph Becher an email at the address at the bottom of this page.
Adding &imgc= to the search URI lets yout filter your results to a certain color:
Add "source:life" to any Google image search and search only the LIFE photo archive. For example: http://images.google.com/images?q=Winter+Olympics+source:life
Thanks to William Ryken for pointing this out.
Who knows what other things Google can do. If you know of something not here, please email Joseph Becher at the address below.
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