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biking Italy
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the words biking and Italy
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recycle steel OR iron
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information on recycling steel or recycling iron
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"I have a dream"
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the exact phrase I have a dream
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salsa –dance
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the word salsa but NOT the word dance
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Louis "I" France
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information about Louis the First (I), weeding out other kings of France
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castle ~glossary
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glossaries about castles, as well as dictonaries, lists of terms, terminology, etc.
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fortune-telling
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all forms of the term, whether spelled as a single word, a phrase, or hyphenated
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define:imbroglio
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definitions of the word imbroglio from the Web
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Operators
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cache:
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Display Google's cached version of a web page.
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cache:www.irs.gov(Show Google's cached version of the US Internal Revenue Service home page.)
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info: (or id:)
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Find info about a page.
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info:www.theonion.com (Find information about The Onion website.)
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related:
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List web pages that are similar or related to the URL.
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related:www.healthfinder.gov (Find websites related to the Healthfinder website.)
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Operators
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+ – * /
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basic arithmetic
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12 + 34 - 56 * 7 / 8
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% of
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percentage of
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45% of 39
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^ or **
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raise to a power
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2^5 or 2**5
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old units in new units
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convert units
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300 Euros in USD, 130 lbs in kg, or 31 in hex
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Operators
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location:
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Find News articles from sources located in the specified location.
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queen location:uk (Find British news articles on the Queen.)
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source:
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Find News articles from specified sources.
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peace source:ha_aretz (Show articles on peace from the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz.)
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Operators
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author:
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Find Groups messages from the specified author.
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flying author:Hamish author:Reid (Search for Hamish Reid's articles on flying.)
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group:
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Find Groups messages from the specified newsgroup.
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ivan doig group:rec.arts.books (Search for postings about Ivan Doig in the group rec.arts.books.)
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insubject:
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Find Groups messages containing crazy quilts in the subject.
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insubject:"crazy quilts" (Find articles containing crazy quilts in the subject line.)
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city1 city2
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Book flights.
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sfo bos (Book flights from San Francisco (SFO) to Boston (BOS).)
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site:
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Search only one website or domain.
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Halloween site:www.census.gov (Search for information on Halloween gathered by the US Census Bureau.)
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[#]..[#]
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Search within a range of numbers.
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Dave Barry pirate 2002..2006 (Search for Dave Barry articles mentioning pirates written in these years.)
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filetype: (or ext:)
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Find documents of the specified type.
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Form 1098-T IRS filetype:pdf (Find the US tax form 1098-T in PDF format.)
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link:
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Find linked pages, i.e., show pages that point to the URL.
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link:warriorlibrarian.com (Find pages that link to Warrior Librarian's website.)
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book (or books)
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Search full-text of books.
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book Ender's Game (Show book-related information. Note: No colon needed after book.)
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define, what is, what are
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Show a definition for a word or phrase.
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define monopsony, what is podcast (Show a definition for the words monopsony and podcast. Note: No colon after define, what is, or what are.)
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define:
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Provide definitions for words, phrases, and acronyms from the Web.
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define:kerning (Find definitions for kerning from the Web.)
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movie:
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Find reviews and showtimes.
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movie: traffic (Search for information about this movie, including reviews, showtimes, etc.)
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stocks:
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Given ticker symbols, show stock information
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stocks: goog (Find Google's current stock price.)
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weather
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Given a location (US zip code or city), show the weather
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weather Seattle WA, weather 81612 (Show the current weather and forecast. Note: No colon after weather.)
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allinanchor:
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All query words must appear in anchor text of links to the page.
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allinanchor:useful parenting sites (Search for pages that are called useful parenting sites by others.)
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inanchor:
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Terms must appear in anchor text of links to the page.
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restaurants Portland inanchor:kid-friendly (Search for pages on Portland restaurants for which links to the page say they are "kid friendly.")
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allintext:
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All query words must appear in the text of the page.
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allintext:ingredients cilantro chicken lime (Search for recipes with these three ingredients.)
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intext:
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The terms must appear in the text of the page.
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Dan Shugar intext:Powerlight (Find pages mentioning Dan Shugar where his company, Powerlight, is included in the text of the page, i.e., less likely to be from the corporate website.)
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allintitle:
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All query words must appear in the title of the page.
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allintitle: Google Advanced Operators (Search for pages with titles containing "Google," "Advanced,", and "Operators".)
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intitle:
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The terms must appear in the title of the page.
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movies comedy intitle:top ten (Search for pages with the words movie and comedy that include top ten in the title of the page.)
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allinurl:
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All query words must appear in the URL.
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allinurl:pez faq (Search for pages containing the words pez & faq in the URL.)
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inurl:
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The terms must appear in the URL of the page.
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pharmaceutical inurl:investor (Search for pages in which the URL contains the word investor.)
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> Louis "I" France I don't this one does what you think it does.
Cheatography n. The art of mapping complex subjects into clear, instantly navigable reference guides.
