Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Google Search Tips



Google URL Search:
https://www.labnol.org/internet/search/find-publishing-date-of-web-pages/8410/

https://www.wikihow.com/Find-the-Publication-Date-of-a-Website
Add “&as_qdr=y15” after the URL, then search again

Search for the term “datePublished”, “publishdate” or “published_time”. 
https://moz.com/blog/the-ultimate-guide-to-the-google-search-parameters
http://www.google.com/search?
as_epq=query+goes+here
Results must include the query, in the word order displayed.
Shows as "query goes here"
as_oq="query+string"+goes+here
Results must include one or more of the words in this string. Basically, it's like a more advanced version of the one above, using an "or" filter. Thus, every result must have the main initial query, and one or more of the sets of terms in these strings.
as_epq=query+goes+here
Results must include the query, in the word order displayed.
Shows as "query goes here"
as_oq="query+string"+goes+here
Results must include one or more of the words in this string. Basically, it's like a more advanced version of the one above, using an "or" filter. Thus, every result must have the main initial query, and one or more of the sets of terms in these strings.
Shows as "query string" OR goes OR here
as_eq=don't+include+these+words
Results must NOT include any words in this string.
Shows as -don't -include -these -words
num=xx
Controls the number of results shown. Must be a numeric value, and can be anything up to 100. Doesn't work with fractions. I've tried.

as_filetype=extension
Only returns results that end in .extension. Currently supports any input. Try it - make a file with a random extension, get it indexed and do a search. Also shows that as long as it validates to something, Google can and will index it. Something to think about...
Shows as filetype:extension
as_sitesearch=example.com
Limits results to just the site you choose.
Shows as site:example.com



https://www.seroundtable.com/google-drops-sort-by-date-before-and-after-commands-27393.html

The before: & after: commands return documents before & after a date. You must provide year-month-day dates or only a year. You can combine both. For example:

[avengers endgame before:2019]
[avengers endgame after:2019-04-01]
[avengers endgame after:2019-03-01 before:2019-03-05] pic.twitter.com/bo1rSeulbH

https://www.localsearchforum.com/threads/google-query-to-search-for-results-only-in-the-last-6-months.47795/
There are "date:" and "daterange:" operators but they are for indexed/modified date, need to be used in Julian calendar format, and will get you a "unusual activity" message or captcha pretty quickly.

The best way to do it is via the URL. You can add &tbs=qdr:X to any search string where X equals the value for the time period to search.

n for minute
h for hour
d for day
w for week
m for month
y for year

You can also ad a number after the time period to search that many increments of that time period. So m6 would be six months.

Examples:

http://www.google.com/search?q=local+seo&tbs=qdr:m6 Will return pages with local seo from the last 6 months.

http://www.google.com/search?q=site:localsearchforum.catalystemarketing.com&tbs=qdr:d14 Will return pages from this forum from the last 14 days.


You can specify a full date but let’s start with just a year. The most dramatic way to illustrate how this works is by using slang. Let’s say “on fleek,” which was popular around 2014.
“On fleek” before:2014
Also take a look at the results count; there are about 40,200 results. Compare that to “On fleek” after:2014

Fleek before:2009/04/11
Fleek after:2015-04-11
Fleek before:2018 after:2015
“Red Sox” before:2004/10/28 after:2004/10/22


https://www.bruceclay.com/blog/bing-google-advanced-search-operators/
Note: Google deprecated the info: operator in 2017.

To Discover Indexing Problems

Your site must be in the search engine’s index. That’s square one for SEO.
Example 8: site:yourdomain.com
site: command shows how many pages the search engine has indexed. Though the total number of results is only an approximation, it is a quick way to find out if you have an indexing problem — either too few or too many pages in the index.
Example 9: site:yourdomain.com/blog/*
Specify a particular subfolder of your site to see how many pages it contains. For instance, adding the wildcard * finds all pages under the /blog/.

To Help with Site Maintenance

Along with doing SEO research, you can employ advanced search techniques to make site maintenance easier.
Example 10: site:yourdomain.com contains:pdf


https://www.fastcompany.com/90308480/40-incredibly-useful-things-you-didnt-know-google-search-could-do

https://zapier.com/blog/advanced-google-search-tricks/
Get Instant Answers in the Omnibox or Search Results


https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44320454/searching-youtube-for-videos-with-specific-range-of-views-eg-between-9-000-000
The API lets you get a video's view count, but doesn't put it in a range like 9 million to 11 million.
Youtube's own search function is pretty sophisticated. For instance, https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=movie+trailer&search_sort=video_view_count&filters=month. This gives all results for "movie trailer," within the last month, sorted by view count. You can customize the URL, i.e. "week" instead of month would return only trailers from the last week. Or year, etc. Essentially this is a "Videos: List: MostPopular" query, with subject filter.


https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2685977


https://tubularinsights.com/advanced-youtube-search-tips/

1. You can switch between search options using commas in your search query

2. Hovering over any filter enables you to quickly de-activate it:

Find 4K or HD only videos on YouTube
the king’s speech trailer, hd

Find video playlists on YouTube
bryan adams, playlist

Find lengthy videos on YouTube
tom and jerry cartoons, long

Mix and Match YouTube Search operators
ted talks, hd, this month, long


https://www.pcmag.com/feature/326078/23-google-search-tips-you-ll-want-to-learn


If you have trouble finding what you’re searching for, keep in mind that people may search or define what you need in a different way than you do.
  • You may search “How to install drivers in Ubunut?”
  • When you really mean “Troubleshoot driver problems Ubuntu.

20. Track your packages


https://time.com/4116259/google-search-2/
1. Use quotes to search for an exact phrase
"* is thicker than water"
2. Use an asterisk within quotes to specify unknown or variable words
3. Use the minus sign to eliminate results containing certain words
4. Search websites for keywords

https://www.lifehack.org/articles/technology/20-tips-use-google-search-efficiently.html


https://time.com/4116259/google-search-2/


https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-vital-google-image-search-hacks/
Thankfully, it’s easy to restore this button with an extension. We recommend View Image, available for Chrome and Firefox. It returns both the View image and Search by image functions, and even offers a few options to boot.


  • Size: Choose from pre-selected sizes like LargeMedium, and Icon. You can also select Larger than to specify a minimum size, or Exactly to only show images of a particular dimension.
  • Color: Shows only images in Full colorBlack and white, or those that are Transparent. Also lets you filter images by a certain color.
  • Usage rights: Lets you only show images that are labeled for reuse in various scenarios. Most images Google shows aren’t freely available for use, so make sure you have permission to use them in your own endeavors.
  • Type: Shows images types like FacesClip art, and animated.
  • Time: Allows you to search for images uploaded in a certain time frame.
https://lifehacker.com/how-to-search-lifehacker-com-using-google-5714674
  • Name: Lifehacker
  • Keyword: lh
  • URL: http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&q=site:lifehacker.com+%s
https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/86132/url-for-im-feeling-lucky-within-specific-site
Here is the formula for DuckDuckGo:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=!ducky+searchterm+site%3Asiteurl
For example:
 https://duckduckgo.com/?q=!ducky+LOL%20Cats+site%3Ayoutube.com

I solved this by switching to an equivalent service by another search engine.

While the formula given in the question often works, Google will sometimes chicken out and go to a regular search results page rather than going directly to the top hit.




- use https://www.google.com/advanced_search
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/how-to-see-google-search-results-for-other-locations/25203/
cr=country..
cr=countryCN
gl=country..
http://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/16047/how-to-restrict-a-google-search-to-results-of-a-specific-language

1. Web interface language: hl=

Example: www.google.com/search?q=vilnius&hl=lt

2. Pages in specified language: lr=lang_

Example: www.google.com/search?q=vilnius&lr=lang_lt

3. Pages originating from specified country: cr=country

Example: www.google.com/search?q=vilnius&cr=countrylt

Search two sites:
( site:example1.com OR site:example2.com ) keyword

http://libguides.mit.edu/c.php?g=176061&p=1159512
stocks:LMT
inurl: Searches for a single word or phrase in the url of the search result.
ipad apps intext:"periodic table" inurl:www.apple.com

intext: Searches for a single word or phrase in the body of the search result.
filetype:pdf
define: Searches for definitions of words from various web sources.

allintitle:Toyota recall
Searches for multiple words in the title of the search result.

allintext: Searches for multiple words in the body of the search result.
allintext:microsoft help fraudulent email

Range search   number...number
$250...$500 laptops
14inch...17inch laptops
"science milestones" 1910...1920

Synonyms
Searches for a specified keyword and words that are similar to that word.
Adding a plus sign before a word disables synonyms.
~neuroscience
"SciFinder Scholar" ~tutorial

Whole word wildcard
Searches for a missing word in a phrase search.
"Thomas * Edison"

Returns results:
Thomas Edison
Thomas A. Edison
Thomas Alva Edison
"Obama voted * on the * bill"

http://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/17582/is-there-a-way-to-limit-google-sites-search-to-only-search-against-page-titles
Try intitle: operator.
The query intitle:term restricts results to documents containing term in the title. For instance, [ flu shot intitle:help ] will return documents that mention the word “help” in their titles, and mention the words “flu” and “shot” anywhere in the document (title or not).
Note: There must be no space between the intitle: and the following word.
Putting intitle: in front of every word in your query is equivalent to putting allintitle: at the front of your query, e.g., [ intitle:google intitle:search ] is the same as [ allintitle: google search ].
In your case, you can use the following query:

Gmail/Inbox
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/gmail/c2n87jjYVFo
How to search only in Primary tab/category
 it appears "primary" doesn't exist.  Primary is in:inbox but NOT in any of the other 4 categories.  I assume you can do a search for that listing out the 4 categories to not include, but it's clearly not simple
in:inbox -category:{social promotions updates forums}

category:primary
https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7190?hl=en
has:attachment
filename:Search for an attachment by name or typeExample: filename:physicshomework.txt
Meaning: Messages with an attachment named "physicshomework.txt"

Example: label:work filename:pdf
Meaning: Messages labeled "work" that also have a PDF file as an attachment

in:anywhereSearch for messages anywhere in Gmail*
*Messages in Spam and Trashare excluded from searches by default
Example: in:anywhere movie 
Meaning: Messages in All MailSpam, andTrash that contain the word "movie"
in:inbox
in:trash
in:spam

is:important
label:important

is:starred
is:unread
is:read

after:
before:
older:
newer:
Search for messages sent or received during a certain period of time
(using the date format yyyy/mm/dd)
Example: after:2004/04/16 before:2004/04/18 
Meaning: Messages sent between April 16, 2004 and April 18, 2004.*
*More precisely: Messages sent after 12:00 AM (or 00:00) April 16, 2004 and before April 18, 2004.
older_than
newer_than
Similar to older and newer, but allows relative dates using dm, and y for daymonth, and yearExample: newer_than:2d
Meaning: Finds messages sent within the last two days.
is:chatSearch for chat messages
category:Search for messages within a categoryExample: category:updates
Meaning: All messages in the Updates category.
size:Search for messages larger than the specified size in bytesExample: size:1000000 
Meaning: All messages larger than 1MB (1,000,000 bytes) in size.
larger:
smaller:
Similar to size: but allows abbreviations for numbersExample: larger:10M 
Meaning: All messages of at least 10M bytes (10,000,000 bytes) in size.
+
(plus sign)
Match the search term exactlyExample: +unicorn 
Meaning: Finds messages containing “unicorn” but not “unicorns” or “unciorn”



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