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Force an exact-match search
“search term” Use this to refine results for ambiguous searches, or to exclude synonyms when searching for single words. Example: “steve jobs”
OR
Search for X or Y. This will return results related to X or Y, or both. Note: The pipe (|) operator can also be used in place of “OR.” Examples: jobs OR gates / jobs | gates
AND
Search for X and Y. This will return only results related to both X and Y. Note: It doesn’t really make much difference for regular searches, as Google defaults to “AND” anyway. But it’s very useful when paired with other operators. Example: jobs AND gates
Search for a price
Put $ in front of a number. Example: camera $400
Exclude words from your search
Put - in front of a word you want to leave out. Example: jaguar speed -car
Search within a range of numbers
Put .. between two numbers. Example: camera $50..$100
*
Acts as a wildcard and will match any word or phrase. Example: steve * apple
( )
Group multiple terms or search operators to control how the search is executed. Example: (ipad OR iphone) apple
Filetype
Restrict results to those of a certain filetype. E.g., PDF, DOCX, TXT, PPT, etc. Note: The “ext:” operator can also be used—the results are identical. Example: apple filetype:pdf / apple ext:pdf
Intitle
Find pages with a certain word (or words) in the title. In our example, any results containing the word “apple” in the title tag will be returned. Example: intitle:apple
Allintitle
Similar to “intitle,” but only results containing all of the specified words in the title tag will be returned. Example: allintitle:apple iphone