Shortcuts in Google Search

Have you ever wondered how to search Google for terms inside a specific website? Or find how many sites link to yours? Below is a list of common advanced search techniques with descriptions and examples:

Search for an exact phrase
"exact phrase to search"
Will return only results with the exact phrase.

Search within one website
site:www.website.com "search phrase"
This example searches through www.website.com for the phrase “search phrase”.

Search for link to a specific website
link:www.website.com
Will return all the websites that have a link to www.website.com.

Exclude words or phrases from search results
search phrase -excluded
Searches for the phrase but will only return results excluding the text after the minus sign.

View a cached version of a web page
cache:www.website.com
View a cached version of www.website.com

Search for a specific type of file
google ebook filetype:pdf
Searches for only PDF files containing ‘google ebook’

Search for phrase only in websites’ title tag
allintitle:"google articles"
Searches for web pages with “google articles” in the title tag.

Search for keyword only in website’s URL
inurl:googlearticles
Searches for pages with ‘googlearticles’ in the URL, including the domain name and subdomain or page names.

These are a great way to quickly search from Google’s home page, without having to click over to the advanced search.