Here are the top Google Shortcuts that any savvy Googler should have under his or her belt. You'll find that using these Google Search Shortcuts will greatly cut down on your Google search time, as well as make your Google searches more effective and more efficient.
Google Shortcut | Finds Pages That Have... |
nokia phone | the words nokia and phone |
sailing OR boating | either the word sailing or the word boating |
"love me tender" | the exact phrase love me tender |
printer -cartridge | the word printer but NOT the word cartridge |
Toy Story +2 | movie title including the number 2 |
~auto | looks up the word auto and synonyms |
define:serendipity | definitions of the word serendipity |
how now * cow | the words how now cow separated by one or more words |
+ | addition; 978+456 |
- | subtraction; 978-456 |
* | multiplication; 978*456 |
/ | division; 978/456 |
% of | percentage; 50% of 100 |
^ | raise to a power; 4^18 (4 to the eighteenth power) |
old in new (conversion) | 45 celsius in Fahrenheit |
site:(search only one website) | site:websearch.about.com "invisible web" |
link:(find linked pages) | link:www.lifehacker.com |
#...#(search within a number range) | nokia phone $200...$300 |
daterange:(search within specific date range) | bosnia daterange:200508-200510 |
safesearch: (exclude adult content) | safesearch:breast cancer |
info: (find info about a page) | info:www.websearch.about.com |
related: (related pages) | related:www.websearch.about.com |
cache: (view cached page) | cache:google.com |
filetype:(restrict search to specific filetype) | zoology filetype:ppt |
allintitle: (search for keywords in page title) | allintitle:"nike" running |
inurl:(restrict search to page URLs) | inurl:chewbacca |
site:.edu (specific domain search) | site:.edu, site:.gov, site:.org, etc. |
site:country code (restrict search to country) | site:.br "rio de Janeiro" |
intext:(search for keyword in body text) | intext:parlor |
allintext: (return pages with all words specified in body text) | allintext:north pole |
book(search book text) | book The Lord of the Rings |
phonebook:(find a phone number) | phonebook:Google CA |
bphonebook: (find business phone numbers) | bphonebook:Intel OR |
rphonebook:(find residential phone numbers) | rphonebook:Joe Smith Seattle WA |
movie:(search for showtimes) | movie:wallace and gromit 97110 |
stocks:(get a stock quote) | stocks:ncesa |
weather:(get local weather) | weather:97132 |
