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Google Search Shortcuts-Google Cheat Sheet

Google for Power Searchers

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