Shikellamy High School

Professional Development
Google Search – Reference Sheet
What It Does Google Shortcut What to Type in the Search Line of Google
1 Key Words nokia phone the words nokia and phone
2 Boolean search sailing OR boating either the word sailing or the word boating
3 Using quotes "love me tender" the exact phrase love me tender
4 Negative search printer -cartridge the word printer but NOT the word cartridge
5 Using + sign Toy Story +2 movie title including the number 2
6 ~ for synonyms ~auto looks up the word auto and synonyms
7 Definitions define:serendipity definitions of the word serendipity
8 Wild card * the words how now cow separated by one or
how now * cow
more words
9 Calculator – add + addition; 978+456
9 Calculator – subtract - subtraction; 978-456
9 Calculator – multiply * multiplication; 978*456
9 Calculator – divide / division; 978/456
9 Calculator – Percent % of percentage; 50% of 100
9 Calculator – exponents raise to a power; 4^18 (4 to the eighteenth
^
power)
10 Conversions old in new 45 celsius in Fahrenheit
11 Search within a site site:(search only one website) site:websearch.about.com “invisible web”
12 Search linked pages link: link:www.lifehacker.com
13 Search within a number range #...# nokia phone $200...$300
14 Search within specific date range daterange: bosnia daterange:200508-200510
15 Exclude adult content safesearch: safesearch:breast cancer
16 Find info about a page info: info:www.websearch.about.com
17 Related pages related: related:www.websearch.about.com
18 View cached page cache: cache:google.com
19 Restrict search to specific filetype Filetype: zoology filetype:ppt
20 Search for keywords in page title allintitle: allintitle:"nike" running
21 Restrict search to page URLs inurl: inurl:Chewbacca
22 Specific domain search site:.edu site:.edu, site:.gov, site:.org, etc.
23 Restrict search to country site:country code site:.br “rio de Janeiro”
24 Search for keyword in body text intext: intext:parlor
25 Return pages with all words specified in body
allintext: allintext:north pole
text
26 Search book text Book book The Lord of the Rings
27 Find a phone number phonebook: phonebook:Google CA
28 Find business phone numbers bphonebook: bphonebook:Intel OR
29 Find residential phone numbers rphonebook: rphonebook:Joe Smith Seattle WA
30 Search for showtimes movie: movie:wallace and gromit 97110
31 Get a stock quote stocks: stocks:ncesa
32 Get local weather weather: weather:97132