When you don't find what you're seeking, consider specifying more precisely what you want by using Google's Advanced Search features.

Don't be frightened by the name "Advanced Search"; it's easy to use, and it allows you to select or exclude pages with more precision than Google's standard search box.

Click on the Advanced Search link at the right of Google's search box.

or visit www.google.com/advanced_search and fill in the form.

Filling in the top portion of the Advanced Search form is an easy way to write restricted queries without having to use the " ," +, -, OR notation discussed in the section Crafting Your Query.

Advanced Search Find results	Basic Search Example	Basic Search Find results
with all of the words	[ tap dance ]	with all search terms
with the exact phrase	[ "tap dance" ]	with terms in quotes in the specified order only
without the words	[ tap -dance ] [ -tap dance ]	including none of the terms preceded by a -
with at least one of the words	[ tap OR ballet ]	with at least one of the terms adjacent to OR

By using special characters and operators, you can

• fine-tune your search query
• increase the accuracy of its results.

Advanced Operators are query words that have special meaning to Google.

Note: The colon (:) after the operator name is required.

[ Larry Page search engine site:stanford.edu ]
[ volunteering site:.org ]
[ link:www.doctorswithoutborders.org ]
[ allintitle: detect plagiarism ]
[ web page evaluation checklist filetype:pdf ]

The following table lists features available on the Advanced Search page that are accessible via search operators.

Advanced Search Features	Search Operators
File Format	filetype:
Occurrences       in the title of the page       in the text of the page       in the URL of the page       in the links to the page	allintitle: allintext: allinurl: allinanchor:
Domain	site:
Similar	related:
Links	link:

The following table lists the search operators that work with each Google search service. Click on an operator to jump to its description

Search Service	Search Operators
Web Search	allinanchor:, allintext:, allintitle:, allinurl:, cache:, define:, filetype:, id:, inanchor:, info:, intext:, intitle:, inurl:, inlink:, phonebook:, related:, rphonebook:, safesearch:, site:, stocks:,
Image Search	allintitle:, allinurl:, filetype:, inurl:, intitle:, site:
Groups	allintext:, allintitle:, author:, group:, insubject:, intext:, intitle:
Directory	allintext:, allintitle:, allinurl:, ext:, filetype:, intext:, intitle:, inurl:
News	allintext:, allintitle:, allinurl:, intext:, intitle:, inurl:, location:, source:
Froogle	allintext:, allintitle:, store:

For tips, tricks, and examples of many special features and advanced operators, visit the Google Guide Example Reference (Cheat Sheet), classic.googleguide.com/example_ref.html.

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