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How to use Search Operators

Using browsers, you can find almost any information that you need, but in order to find something more specific, you may need to use search operators.
A search operator is something that adds to a search in order to narrow the search down more, here is how to use some of the most important ones, maybe you’ve even used some accidentally before!

Search operators:

  •  ” ”   Searches for results that has text in the ” ”
  •  |   Shows results of either one result or the other
  • AND   Search for results related to both of the results
  • –   Search for results that don’t mention a word or phrase
  • define:   Search for the definition of a word or phrase
  • ext:   Search for particular types of files, like a png/jpg (images)
  • site:   Search for results from the website you want
  • intitle:   Search for pages with a particular word in the title tag
  • inurl:   Search for pages with the word you added in the link
  • intext:   Search for pages with the word you added in their content
  • weather:   Search for the weather in a location
  • map:   Search for the map of a location
  • before:   Search for results from before the date said
  • after:   Search for results from after the date said

 

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