Refine Google Search Results with Smart Words

October 2nd, 2008 Posted in the category Google, Tips n Tricks

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Google Search is being used by everyone who uses Internet. The results you get for a particular Search Query may not be what you are looking for. So Here are some Tips to Refine your Google Search to get the filtered results of a particular search query, the way you want. Here are a list of smart words along with the function that particular word does. All you need to type into the Search Bar to get your desired results.

link: URL Shows other pages with links to that URL.

related: URL same as "what’s related" on serps.

site: Domain restricts search results to the given domain.

allinurl: Shows only pages with all terms in the URL.

inurl: like allinurl, but only for the next query word.

allintitle: Shows only results with terms in title.

intitle: Similar to allintitle, but only for the next word.

cache: URL will show the Google version of the passed URL.

info: URL will show a page containing links to related searches, backlinks, and pages containing the URL.

spell: will spell check your query and search for it.

stocks: will lookup the search query in a stock index.

filetype: will restrict searches to that filetype. "-filetype:doc" to remove Microsoft word files.

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

maps: If you enter a street address, a link to Yahoo Maps and to MapBlast will be presented.

phone: Enter anything that looks like a phone number to have a name and address displayed. Same is true for something that looks like an address (include a name and zip code)