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Advanced Search Operators.

Do you want to learn to Google better? Then you want to learn about Advanced Operators and ​Special Characters.

Advanced Operators
  • Advanced operators are a way to refine searches and reveal information hidden on public websites.
  • Operators are followed by a colon (no space before or after the colon).
  • You can use several operators at the same time.

Examples:

site:cia.gov “top secret”
(search within a specific website)
 
filetype:pdf "cannabis licence" site:gov.bc.ca
(search a specific file type from a website)
 
Inurl:resume “john smith”
(search within the URL of websites)
 
Intext:resume “john smith”
(search within the text websites)


Special Characters

Examples:

“Quotations” i.e “cyber criminals”
(search exactly for the words in quotations)

- Dashes i.e. bill gates –microsoft
(Use the - to exclude a seach term)
 
OR i.e. jane OR john smith
(either or both search terms)


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Find more operators here: https://ahrefs.com/blog/google-advanced-search-operators

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