| Description of Tip | Search String |
|---|---|
| Convert decimal to binary | 2000 in binary |
| Convert currency | 10 USD in Euro |
| Calculate percentage of a number | 30% of 3000 |
| Math operations | 6 * 5 + 9 - 2 / 1 + 3^2 |
| Search within a range of numbers | olympics 1900..1920 |
| Description of Tip | Search String |
|---|---|
| Search for a book by title | book curious george |
| Definition | define:pumpkin |
| Spelling | spell pumkin |
| Show all phonebook listings for last name in Colorado (CO) |
phonebook: mackenzie, CO (residential and business) bphonebook: mackenzie 643 (business and area code) rphonebook: mackenzie (residential only) |
| Display movie reviews and times | movie: mummy returns |
| Display stock information |
stocks:yhoo yhoo goog ibm (many stocks) |
| List related sites | related:yahoo.com |
| Display URL information | info:microsoft.com |
| Search a specific site only | site:microsoft.com programming |
| Find documents of a certain type | filetype:pdf |
| Find sites that link to a particular site | link:google.com |
| Obtain weather by zip code | weather 29456 |
| Maps | map 110 Main Street Newark, New Jersey |
| Safesearch - use for words that might link to adult sites. | safesearch:breasts |
| Telephone number | phone:(843) 555-1212 |
| Synonyms | ~cat |
| Wild cards | "America the *" |
| Reorder results. Add to URL after search and press enter. | &as_qdr=d |
| Description of Tip | Search String |
|---|---|
| Wildcard - Single character ( . ) |
h.ck k@ck, hack, h!ck |
| Search for words in URL. |
inurl:index.html allinurl:movie index.html |
| Search for words in URL. |
inurl:index.html allinurl:movie index.html |
| Search for words in Title. |
intitle:search allintitle:(search engine) allintitle:(search | engine) |
| Search for words in Text. |
intext:faq allintext:cars ford chevrolet |
| Search for words in links. |
inanchor:friendly allinanchor:kid friendly |
| Search Google Groups for word and specific author, group, and subject. |
author:sagan cosmos group:rec.arts.books painting insubject:"c++ programming" |
| Search for word from specific source. | source:postandcourier sports |
| Search for word from specific location. | location:uk pubs |