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Title |
Description |
| 1 |
Phrase search ("") |
Searches for pages containing the exact phrase.
["Statistical Consultants Ltd"] would find pages that contain the exact phrase 'Statistical Consultants Ltd'. It would only find pages that have the words Statistical, Consultants and Ltd, in that order. |
| 2 |
Search within a specific website (site:)
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[site:http://www.statisticalconsultants.co.nz/] lists every page on the Statistical Consultants Ltd website.
[site:http://www.statisticalconsultants.co.nz/blog] lists the blog posts and the blog.html page.
["statistical analysis techniques" site:http://www.statisticalconsultants.co.nz/] lists every page on the Statistical Consultants Ltd website containing the phrase 'statistical analysis techniques'.
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| 3 |
Terms to exclude (-)
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[statistical consultants -wikipedia] would be the same as the search [statistical consultants] but would exclude pages that have the word wikipedia.
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| 4 |
Fill in the blanks (*)
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["statistical * ltd"] is a search for pages with a phase (of at least three words), where the first word is statistical and the last word is ltd.
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| 5 |
Search exactly as is (+)
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To prevent Google from including pages with synonyms of the search term, include a '+' sign immediately before that term.
[+statistical] would list pages containing the word statistical, while [statistical] would list pages containing the words statistical and statistics.
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| 6 |
The OR operator
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The OR operator can be used to search for either of two terms, rather than both.
[regression OR simulations] would essentially be a blend of the two searches [regression] and [simulations]; while the search [regression simulations] would prioritise pages that contain both words.
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| 7 |
Synonyms and related terms operator (~)
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The ~ operator can be used to search for a term plus a wide range of related words (not necessarily synonymous, and of a wider range than the default).
[~statistical] searches for pages with words including: data, mathematical, statistics and statistical.
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| 8 |
Numerical range operator (..)
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This can be used if you want to search for pages containing numbers within a particular range.
[American history 1945..2009] would search for pages with the terms American and history, and any numbers between 1945 and 2009.
This operator can also be used for currency. For example:
[computers $1000..$2000] does a search for pages with the word computers, and any dollar amounts between $1000 and $2000.
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| 9 |
Search by file type (filetype:)
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Instead of searching for pages in general, you can search for a particular file type.
["introduction to regression" filetype:pdf] would search for pdf files containing the phrase 'introduction to regression'.
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| 10 |
Search by content type |
Instead of searching for pages containing the search terms anywhere (the default), it is possible to restrict the search to one type of page content.
intext: , allintext:
intitle:, allintitle:
inurl:, allinurl:
inanchor:, allinanchor:
[intitle:statistical consultants] searches for pages with the words statistical OR consultants in the page title.
[allintitle:statistical consultants] searches for pages with the words statistical AND consultants in the page title. |
| 11 |
Fill in the blanks with this many words (x)
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A similar command to (*) but fills in the blanks with a specific number of words e.g. (3) for three words.
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| 12 |
Find similar websites (related:) |
To search for websites similar to another website, use the related command, in the same way as the site command. |
