- Search for an exact match: enter a word or phrase inside quotes (quotation marks)
- For example,
"tallest building"
- For example,
- Search for a specific word and any synonyms for that word: add a tilde in front of a word
- For example, searching
iPhone ~cheapwill also show results foriPhone inexpensive, and so forth
- For example, searching
- Exclude words from your search: add a dash (minus symbol) in front of a word that you want to leave out
- For example,
jaguar speed -car
- For example,
- OR operator
- Comparison
- Searching
apple microsoftwill prioritize results where both words/terms are found together- Results will likely include both “apple” and “microsoft” somewhere on the page (not necessarily next to each other, but both terms will appear in the content)
- Searching
apple OR microsoftprovides you with results that contain either “apple”, “microsoft” or both- More inclusive results: it’s not required for both to be present on a single page
- Searching
- The vertical bar
|is a shorthand for the OR operator
- Comparison
- Range operator (two periods
..)- For example
- Number range
- Searching
smartphones $200..$500will surface results for smartphones priced between 500
- Searching
- Date range
- Searching
olympics 2000..2020will show results about the Olympics from the years 2000 to 2020
- Searching
- Measurements
- Searching
cars 100..200 horsepowerwill return cars that fall within that horsepower range
- Searching
- Number range
- For example
- Search for a specific site: add
site:in front of a site or domain- For example,
site:youtube.com cat videos - Or: use Google’s custom search engine (CSE)
- For example,
- Search for similar sites: add
related:in front of a site or domain- For example
- Searching
related:amazon.combrings up results including Walmart and Overstock - Searching
related:google.comshows Yahoo and Bing
- Searching
- For example
- Search for a specific file type of uploaded files: add
filetype:orext:in front of file types- For example
- Use
filetype:pdfto find a PDF - Use
ext:docto locate a Microsoft Office document
- Use
- For example
intilte,allintitle,intext,allintext
How To Search On Google
- Updated July 2, 2025
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