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Search Engine Query Cheatsheet

Using search engines every day, I soon became aware that not all search engines have the same sort of queries.

So a bit of a testing has revealed the following :

Command Google Yahoo Bing
link
Example:link:whitehouse.gove		 YES YES NO
* (word or phrase replacement)
Example: “”This article has been viewed * times”		 YES YES NO
AllIntitle or intitle
Example:intitle:”dog training”		 YES YES YES
AllinText or intext
Example: intext:”dog training”		 YES YES NO
AllInAnchor or inanchor
Example: inanchor:money		 YES YES NO
AllInURL or inurl
Example : inurl:elephant		 YES YES NO
cache
Example: cache:websitesecrets101.com		 YES NO NO
filetype
Example: filetype:pdf		 YES NO YES
- (minus, exclude word)
Example:site:whitehouse.gov -”climate change”		 YES YES YES
+ (pluf, force inclusion of word or phrase)
Example: site:whitehouse.gov +”climate change”		 YES YES YES

I hope this comparison helps you in your search engine searching

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3 Responses to “Search Engine Query Cheatsheet”

  1. ABetterStay Blog says:
    February 13, 2010 at 5:08 am

    Thanks for sharring. Nice post.

  2. herbal healing says:
    March 17, 2010 at 8:52 pm

    Hi, i just came here when i did an good yahoo search. Neat post you have here! Keep it up!

  3. Elva Zybia says:
    August 12, 2010 at 6:02 am

    Hey guys, This seems like that this is a tiny bit old addition but that doesn’t matter. Some search services are better for certain file extensions than others. One very good one that I have found for pdfs and ebooks is http://www.pdfpick.com/ It’s good because it has no ads, loads very fast, and is cleanly designed. Thanks for the post!

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