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#################### For Google ####################
intitle:
Finds pages that have the term(s) in the HTML title element. Can be combined with other search terms. intitle:search engines. This should find 'search' in the title and 'engines' anywhere in the page.
inurl:
Finds pages that have the term(s) somewhere in the URL (host name, path, or filename). Can be combined with other search terms. inurl:searchenginewatch.
allintitle:
Finds pages that have the term(s) in the HTML title element. allintitle:search engines.
link:
Finds pages which contain hypertext links to the exact specified URL. link:searchengineshowdown.com/search finds pages with links to this site. Unfortunately, on Google, link: searches are incomplete and do not retrieve all pages that Google has indexes that link to the specified URL
allinurl:
Finds pages that have the term(s) somewhere in the URL (host name, path, or filename). allinurl:searchenginewatch.
site:
Finds pages from the designated Web site. Path and file names can be included. site:notess.com/write
allinanchor:
Finds pages that have the term(s) somewhere in the links to the page. .
related:
Invokes GoogleScout to find other pages similar in linkage patterns to the given URL and at a similar hierarchical level. The URL must be exact. In other works related:notess.com and related:www.notess.com find different results.
numrange:
Finds a range of numbers. Either 5..11 or numrange:5-11 works. See number searching section below.
pricerange:
Finds a range of numbers prefixed by the $ sign. Either $5..11 or pricerange:5-11 works. See number searching section below.
#################### For Yahoo ####################
intitle:
Hits have the term in the HTML title element. intitle:showdown
site: or domain:
Limits to a particular domain or subdomain. site:notess.com
hostname:
Similar to site: Limits to a specific host. hostname:dept.stateu.edu
link:
Finds pages that links to a specific URL (which must include the http://).
link:http://dir.yahoo.com
linkdomain:
Limits to pages containing links to the specified domain. linkdomain:notess.com (do not include the http://)
url:
Finds exactly one specific URL in the database. url:http://searchengineshowdown.com/features/
inurl:
Finds parts (words) within indexed URLs. inurl:features
originurlextension:
File type limit. Use file extension after colon. originurlextension:xls
feature:acrobat
Page links to Adobe Acrobat PDF files
feature:applet
Page has embedded Java applets
feature:activex
Page has ActiveX controls or layouts
feature:audio
Page links to several audio formats
feature:flash
Page links to or has Flash files
feature:form
Page uses forms
feature:frame
Page use frames
feature:homepage
Finds personal pages which use a tilde ~ before their directory
feature:image
Page includes gif, jpg, and other image files
feature:index
Home pages only
feature:javascript
Pages use JavaScript
feature:meta
Page includes meta tags
feature:script
Page has embedded scripts
feature:shockwave
Page links to or has embedded shockwave files
feature:table
Page uses tables
feature:video
Page links to or has embedded video files
feature:vrml
Page links to VRML files
#################### For MSN Live ####################
site:
Limit to specific site(s) or domain(s). Can include http:// and path designations. site:dept.stateu.edu or site:http://name.com/press
filetype:
Limit the type of file for non-HTML Web pages. Available types include HTML, PDF, PowerPoint (ppt), Word (doc and rtf), or Excel (xls). Use file type extension after colon. filetype:xls
intitle:
Hits have the term in the HTML title element. intitle:showdown (only one word per prefix)
inbody:
Hits have the term in the HTML body element. inbody:comparison (only one word per prefix)
inanchor:
Hits have the term in HTML anchor (<a href=>) element. inanchor:review (only one word per prefix)
inurl:
Hits have the term within the URL for that page. inurl:live (only one word per prefix)
language:
Invokes the language limit when followed by the two letter language code as in language:en
loc: or location:
Specifies a country or region using two character country or region codes as in loc:au
link:
Finds pages linked to the given URL. Can include http://, and the results are usually the same with or without an initial www. link:name.com/path
linkdomain:
Limits to pages containing links to any page within the specified domain. Alphabetic and numeric (IP) domains can be used. linkdomain:notess.com (do not include the http://)
linkfromdomain:
Lists external links from pages on the specified site. linkfromdomain:notess.com
contains:
Limits results to page with links to the file type specified as in symphonies contains:mp3
ip:
Results are hosted at the given IP address which must be a dotted quad numeric address. ip:216.92.207.177
prefer:
Does not change number of results, but does change ranking (although not as much as I would expect) prefer:review
feed:
Finds RSS and Atom feeds containing the search terms. feed:news
hasfeed:
Finds Web pages with the search term that contain a link to an Atom or RSS feed. hasfeed:research
url:
Finds if the given URL is in the database. Can include http:// or not. url:name.com
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intitle:
Finds pages that have the term(s) in the HTML title element. Can be combined with other search terms. intitle:search engines. This should find 'search' in the title and 'engines' anywhere in the page.
inurl:
Finds pages that have the term(s) somewhere in the URL (host name, path, or filename). Can be combined with other search terms. inurl:searchenginewatch.
allintitle:
Finds pages that have the term(s) in the HTML title element. allintitle:search engines.
link:
Finds pages which contain hypertext links to the exact specified URL. link:searchengineshowdown.com/search finds pages with links to this site. Unfortunately, on Google, link: searches are incomplete and do not retrieve all pages that Google has indexes that link to the specified URL
allinurl:
Finds pages that have the term(s) somewhere in the URL (host name, path, or filename). allinurl:searchenginewatch.
site:
Finds pages from the designated Web site. Path and file names can be included. site:notess.com/write
allinanchor:
Finds pages that have the term(s) somewhere in the links to the page. .
related:
Invokes GoogleScout to find other pages similar in linkage patterns to the given URL and at a similar hierarchical level. The URL must be exact. In other works related:notess.com and related:www.notess.com find different results.
numrange:
Finds a range of numbers. Either 5..11 or numrange:5-11 works. See number searching section below.
pricerange:
Finds a range of numbers prefixed by the $ sign. Either $5..11 or pricerange:5-11 works. See number searching section below.
#################### For Yahoo ####################
intitle:
Hits have the term in the HTML title element. intitle:showdown
site: or domain:
Limits to a particular domain or subdomain. site:notess.com
hostname:
Similar to site: Limits to a specific host. hostname:dept.stateu.edu
link:
Finds pages that links to a specific URL (which must include the http://).
link:http://dir.yahoo.com
linkdomain:
Limits to pages containing links to the specified domain. linkdomain:notess.com (do not include the http://)
url:
Finds exactly one specific URL in the database. url:http://searchengineshowdown.com/features/
inurl:
Finds parts (words) within indexed URLs. inurl:features
originurlextension:
File type limit. Use file extension after colon. originurlextension:xls
feature:acrobat
Page links to Adobe Acrobat PDF files
feature:applet
Page has embedded Java applets
feature:activex
Page has ActiveX controls or layouts
feature:audio
Page links to several audio formats
feature:flash
Page links to or has Flash files
feature:form
Page uses forms
feature:frame
Page use frames
feature:homepage
Finds personal pages which use a tilde ~ before their directory
feature:image
Page includes gif, jpg, and other image files
feature:index
Home pages only
feature:javascript
Pages use JavaScript
feature:meta
Page includes meta tags
feature:script
Page has embedded scripts
feature:shockwave
Page links to or has embedded shockwave files
feature:table
Page uses tables
feature:video
Page links to or has embedded video files
feature:vrml
Page links to VRML files
#################### For MSN Live ####################
site:
Limit to specific site(s) or domain(s). Can include http:// and path designations. site:dept.stateu.edu or site:http://name.com/press
filetype:
Limit the type of file for non-HTML Web pages. Available types include HTML, PDF, PowerPoint (ppt), Word (doc and rtf), or Excel (xls). Use file type extension after colon. filetype:xls
intitle:
Hits have the term in the HTML title element. intitle:showdown (only one word per prefix)
inbody:
Hits have the term in the HTML body element. inbody:comparison (only one word per prefix)
inanchor:
Hits have the term in HTML anchor (<a href=>) element. inanchor:review (only one word per prefix)
inurl:
Hits have the term within the URL for that page. inurl:live (only one word per prefix)
language:
Invokes the language limit when followed by the two letter language code as in language:en
loc: or location:
Specifies a country or region using two character country or region codes as in loc:au
link:
Finds pages linked to the given URL. Can include http://, and the results are usually the same with or without an initial www. link:name.com/path
linkdomain:
Limits to pages containing links to any page within the specified domain. Alphabetic and numeric (IP) domains can be used. linkdomain:notess.com (do not include the http://)
linkfromdomain:
Lists external links from pages on the specified site. linkfromdomain:notess.com
contains:
Limits results to page with links to the file type specified as in symphonies contains:mp3
ip:
Results are hosted at the given IP address which must be a dotted quad numeric address. ip:216.92.207.177
prefer:
Does not change number of results, but does change ranking (although not as much as I would expect) prefer:review
feed:
Finds RSS and Atom feeds containing the search terms. feed:news
hasfeed:
Finds Web pages with the search term that contain a link to an Atom or RSS feed. hasfeed:research
url:
Finds if the given URL is in the database. Can include http:// or not. url:name.com
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