How Google search works
Advices from Google for site-owners
Google search operators
You can use symbols or words in your search to make your search results more precise.
- Google Search usually ignores punctuation that isn’t part of a search operator.
- Don’t put spaces between the symbol or word and your search term. A search for
site:nytimes.comwill work, butsite: nytimes.comwon’t.
Overall Advanced Search
- Go to Advanced Image Search.
- Use filters like region or file type to narrow your results.
- At the bottom, click Advanced Search.
Search for an exact image size
Right after the word you're looking for, add the text imagesize:widthxheight. Make sure to add the dimensions in pixels.
Example: imagesize:500x400
Search social media
Put @ in front of a word to search social media. For example: @twitter.
Search for a price
Put $ in front of a number. For example: camera $400.
Search hashtags
Put # in front of a word. For example: #throwbackthursday
Exclude words from your search
Put - in front of a word you want to leave out. For example, jaguar speed -car
Search for an exact match
Put a word or phrase inside quotes. For example: "tallest building"
Search within a range of numbers
Put .. between two numbers. For example: camera $50..$100
Combine searches
Put "OR" between each search query. For example: marathon OR race
Search for a specific site
Put "site:" in front of a site or domain. For example: site:youtube.com or site:.gov
Search for related sites
Put "related:" in front of a web address you already know. For example: related:time.com
See Google’s cached version of a site
Put "cache:" in front of the site address.
Google Web Cache
You can access the cached version for any page that has been saved by Google with this URL:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:site.com
Change site.com to any URL.
Or you can enter such string to Google search input field:
cache:site.com