35+ Search Operators & Usage Tips

What Are Google Search Operators?

Google search operators are special commands you can use to find more specific information in Google.

Like this:

The “site:” operator allows you to search for results from a specific website.

In this example, including “site:semrush.com” in your search query will show results only from semrush.com.

Many other Google search operators can make your search results more precise. They also have many practical uses for SEO.

In this post, we’ll guide you through different search operators. And show you how to use them for SEO activities. Such as:

• Building internal links
• Finding websites for guest posting
• Finding site indexing issues

Let’s get started.

List of 35+ Google Search Operators

Here are the search operators Google supports:

intitle:

Searches for pages that contain a specific word in the title tag.

Try it out: intitle:pizza

This will show pages with the word “pizza” in the title tag.

allintitle:

Works like “intitle” but will only show pages where the title tag includes all of the specified words.

Try it out: allintitle:pizza recipe

related:

Allows you to find sites related to a particular domain.

Try it out: related:nytimes.com

Googlewill show other news media sites related to nytimes.com.

OR

Finds results related to one of two search terms. In some cases, results will contain both search terms.

Try it out: pizza OR pasta

This will show pages that are related to either pizza or pasta. Or both.

Alternatively, you can use the pipe (|)...