Google Search Prefixes or Query Options

Most of us knew handful of prefixes that can be used in Google for specific purpose like link:related: or site:. However there are much more whose utility can vary amongst general users to webmasters. Lets see some of the most useful and valuable prefixes that are blessing in disguise.
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  • define:Word – Shows dictionary meaning of the word from various sources. Easiest to use, most useful of all.
  • link:www.site.com – Shows other pages that links to that url.
  • related:www. site.com – find sites that Google considers related.
  • site:www.site.com – restrict search the pages of a specified site.
  • allinurl: shows only pages with all terms in the url.
  • inurl: like allinurl, but only for the next query word.
  • allintitle: shows only results with terms in title.
  • intitle: same as allintitle, but only for the next word.
  • intitle:search google finds only pages with search in the title, and google anywhere on the page.
  • cache:url gives you google’s recorded version of webpage.
  • info:url will give you description about a given site. This is same as typing url in search box.
  • spell: does a spellcheck on your querry. you don’t have to do this, google will automatically spellcheck any words searched.
  • stocks: does a search for stocks quotes of a company. For example stocks:GOOG.
  • filetype: does a search for a specific file type. For example filetype:doc will search for Microsoft word files along with search querry.
  • maps: shortcut to do a google maps search.
  • phone: searches for anything that looks like a phonenumber.
  • allinlinks: searches only within links, not text or title.
  • allintext: searches only within text of pages, but not in the links or page title

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