Lesson 26 : Basic & Advance Search Commands/Operators

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2	Search operator	What it does	Example
3	“ ”	Search for results that mention a word or phrase.	“steve jobs”
4	OR	Search for results related to X or Y.	jobs OR gates
5	\|	Same as OR:	jobs \| gates
6	AND	Search for results related to X and Y.	jobs AND gates
7	-	Search for results that don’t mention a word or phrase.	jobs -apple
8	*	Wildcard matching any word or phrase.	steve * apple
9	( )	Group multiple searches.	(ipad OR iphone) apple
10	define:	Search for the definition of a word or phrase.	define:entrepreneur
11	cache:	Find the most recent cache of a webpage.	cache:apple.com
12	filetype:	Search for particular types of files (e.g., PDF).	apple filetype:pdf
13	ext:	Same as filetype:	apple ext:pdf
14	site:	Search for results from a particular website.	site:apple.com
15	related:	Search for sites related to a given domain.	related:apple.com
16	intitle:	Search for pages with a particular word in the title tag.	intitle:apple
17	allintitle:	Search for pages with multiple words in the title tag.	allintitle:apple iphone
18	inurl:	Search for pages with a particular word in the URL.	inurl:apple
19	allinurl:	Search for pages with multiple words in the URL.	allinurl:apple iphone
20	intext:	Search for pages with a particular word in their content.	intext:apple iphone
21	allintext:	Search for pages with multiple words in their content.	allintext:apple iphone
22	weather:	Search for the weather in a location.	weather:san francisco
23	stocks:	Search for stock information for a ticker.	stocks:aapl
24	map:	Force Google to show map results.	map:silicon valley
25	movie:	Search for information about a movie.	movie:steve jobs
26	in	Convert one unit to another.	$329 in GBP
27	source:	Search for results from a particular source in Google News.	apple source:the_verge
28	before:	Search for results from before a particular date.	apple before:2007-06-29
29	after:	Search for results from after a particular date.	apple after:2007-06-29
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34		Source: https://ahrefs.com/blog/google-advanced-search-operators/
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39	1. Find possible indexing issues	site:
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42	2. Find and analyze your competitors	related:
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45	3. Find guest post opportunities	coffee intitle:"write for us" inurl:write-for-us
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47	4. Find resource page opportunities	[topic] intitle:resources inurl:resources
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49	5. Find files you don’t want in Google’s index	filetype:
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51	7. Find opportunities to add internal links	site:ahrefs.com/blog "SEO tips"
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53	8. Find “best” listicles that don’t mention your brand	title:"best [whatever]" -[yourbrand]
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55	9. Find websites that have reviewed competitors	allintitle:review ([competitor 1] OR [competitor 2])
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57	10. Find relevant Quora questions to answer	site:quora.com inurl:([topic 1] \| topic 2)
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59	11. Find how fast your competitors are publishing new content	Combine the site: operator with before: and/or after: operators to find out how much content any competitor has published in a given time period.
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