April 25, 2023 SEONews
The Complete List (44 Advanced Operators)
Google advanced search operators are special commands and characters that filter search results. They do this by making your searches more precise and focused.
For example, the site: operator restricts results to those from a particular site:
In this post, you’ll learn all of Google’s search operators and how to master them forSEO.
Below is a brief description of what every Google search operator does.
I’ve grouped them into three categories:
- Working – Works as intended.
- Unreliable – Not officially deprecated by Google, but results are hit-and-miss.
- Not working – Officially deprecated by Google.
Here’s the fulllist:
Working
Sidenote.
You can also use the _ operator, which acts as a wildcard in Google Autocomplete.
Unreliable
Not working (officially dropped by Google)
| Search operator | What it does | Example |
|---|---|---|
| ~ | Include synonyms in the search. Dropped in 2013. | ~apple |
| "+" | Search for results mentioning an exact word or phrase. Dropped in2011. | jobs +apple |
| inpostauthor: | Search for posts by a specific author in the discontinued Google Blog Search. | inpostauthor:”steve jobs” |
| allinpostauthor: | Same as inpostauthor:, but removes the need for quotes. | allinpostauthor:steve jobs |
| inposttitle: | Search for posts with certain words in the title in Google’s discontinued Blog Search. | inposttitle:apple iphone |
| link: | Search for pages linking to a particular domain or URL. Dropped in 2017. | link:apple.com |
| info: | Search for... |
source: https://news.oneseocompany.com/2023/04/25/the-complete-list-44-advanced-operators_2023042543963.html
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