Specialized Search Prefixes in Google

Shortcut: For a quicker way to google, type gog.is in your browser address bar and put the keywords in the url, like this: http://gog.is/keyword1+keyword2

 

Prefixes, making life even easier

• shop: Will send you to Google product search.  http://gog.is/shop:ipod.
• blog: Will send you to Google Blog search. http://gog.is/blog:kevin,rose.
• book: Will send you to Google book search. http://gog.is/book:poetry.
• news: Will send you to Google news search. http://gog.is/news:google.
• stock: Will send you to the first hit on Google finance. http://gog.is/stock:apple.
• wiki: gog.is will redirect to the first hit on Wikipedia. http://gog.is/wiki:leo+laporte
• movie: or  imdb: or just m:: will do the same for Imdb.com. http://gog.is/movie:clerks.
• youtube: Search youtube directly! http://gog.is/y:standup.
•  link: The prefix "link:" will list webpages that have links to the specified webpage, such as "link:www.google.com" lists webpages linking to the Google homepage.
•  intitle: Prefix to search in a webpage title, such as "intitle:google search" will list pages with word "google" in title, and word "search" anywhere (no space after "intitle:").
•  allintitle: Only the page titles are searched (not the remaining text on each webpage).
• allinurl: Only the page URL address lines are searched (not the text inside each webpage).
• inurl: Prefix for each word to be found in the URL; others words are matched anywhere, such as "inurl:acme search" matches "acme" in a URL, but matches "search" anywhere (no space after "inurl:").
•  site: Restrict the results to those websites in the given domain, such as, site:www.acmeacme.com. The option "site:com" will search all domain URLs named with ".com" (no space after "site:").
• define: The query prefix "define:" will provide a definition of the words listed after it.
•  cache: Highlights the search-words within the cached document, such as "cache:www.google.com xxx" shows cached content with word "xxx" highlighted.
• rphonebook: white pages residential phone book search by name.
• bphonebook:  shows U.S. businesses.
• phonebook:  all phone book listings.

special searches for movie show times, earthquake occurrences, airline flight information...

Google search  operators:

• OR – Search for either one, such as "price high OR low" searches for "price" with "high" or "low".
• "-" – Search while excluding a word, such as "apple -tree" searches where word "tree" is not used.
• "+" – Force inclusion of a word, such as "Name +of +the Game" to require the words "of" & "the" to appear on a matching page.

 

A Proximity Search Trick  to Use in Google & Bing 

 

 

pizza AROUND(2) restaurant

Google proximity search for the word "pizza" within 2 words of "restaurant"

pizza near:2 restaurant

Bing proximity search for the word "pizza" within 2 words of "restaurant"

 

 

Google has a free business directory info service, 1-800-GOOG-411.

(This is a lot of fun – pick a place, pick a kind of business and Google does the work.) Non Google directory information You’ll have to listen to a brief ad when using the next three: 1-800-FREE-411, 1-800-411-SAVE, 1-800-411-METRO

 

Sources:

Gog.is - the simple url slapper and forwarder

Google hacks : 100 industrial-strength tips & tools.

Use Google as Your Phonebook: Let Your Keyboard Do the Walking