Google Search Operators

There is great power here. I know most of you are not taking advantage of these operators.

1. + (plus) - this will yield search results ordered by the number of occurrences of the specified word
2. - (dash) - this will yield search results that do not contain the specified word
3. " " (double quotes) - this will yield search results containing the exact word specified
4. . (dot) - is a wildcard representing a single character
5. * (asterisk) - is a wildcard representing a single word
6. | - traditional OR operator
7. site: - search within a specified domain
8. intitle: - this will search for the 1st specified word in page titles and the 2nd specified word in the text
9. allintitle: - this will search for texts in page titles only
10. inurl: - this will search for URLs containing the specified word
11. allinurl: - this will search for texts in URLs only
12. filetype: - this will search for texts containing files of the specified extension and the specified word
13. ext: - this will search for texts containing files of the specified extension and the specified word
14. numrange - used for searching number sequences
15. link: - this will search for pages containing the specified link
16. inanchor: - this will yield search results that contain the actual link text specified
17. allintext: - this will search for the exact text specified
18. info: - this will search for links and information about the specified website
19. cache: - this will display a copy of the page stored by Google
20. movie: - this will yield search results about the movie specified
21. stocks: - display the current stock of the specified symbol
22. define: - instant dictionary

Gmail Search Operators

These operators will give you more precise search results.

1. from: - mails from the name of the sender
2. to: - mails sent/to be sent to to the recipient
3. subject: - search mails containing the specified words in the subject
4. OR - traditional OR operator
5. - (dash or hyphen) - exclude messages containing the specified words
6. label: - search messages by label
7. has:attachment - search mails with attachments
8. filename: - search mails by filename of the attachments
9. " " (double quotes) - traditional operator for filtering exact specified words
10. () - used for grouping search expressions
11. in:anywhere - search for mails anywhere in your account
12. in:inbox - search for mails in your inbox
13. in:trash - search for mails in your trash folder
14. in:spam - search for mails in your spam folder
15. is:starred - search for starred mails
16. is:unread - search for unread mails
17. is:read - search for read mails
18. cc: - search mails that were carbon copied to a specified recipient
19. bcc: - search mails that were blind carbon copied to a specified recipient
20. after: - search mails after a specified date in yyyy/MM/dd format
21. before: - search mails before a specified date in yyyy/MM/dd format