Default searching:
| Search option | explanation |
| cows sheep | Search for cows and sheeps |
| “two brown cows” | Search with the exact phrase “two brown cows” |
| cows -barn | Search cows without the word barn |
| cows -barn “brown colour” | Search cows without the word barn but with the exact phrase “brown colour” |
| cattle ~glossary | Search for glossaries about cattle, also dictionaries, terms, terminology etc. |
| define:cattle | Search the definitions of the cattle |
Calculating:
| Search option | explanation |
| 5+5-2*2/2 | means 5 + 5 – 2 * 2 /2 =8 |
| 10% of 200 | means percentage 10% of 200 = 20 |
| 2^5 or 2**5 | means – raise to a power, 2^ 5 = 32 |
| 32,50 EURO in USD | means converting Euro to Dollars (€32,50 is $35,46) |
Search with restrictions:
| Search option | explanation |
| mouse site:www.computer.com | search information with the word mouse on www.computer.com |
| linux tux 2000..2010 | search for linux articles mentioning tux written from the year 2000 till 2010 |
| link:linuxsource.nl | search for pages that link to linuxsource.nl website |
Search with special queries:
| Search option | explanation |
| book Linux | search for books containing linux |
| define linux what is tux | show the definition of the words linux and tux |
| define:kernel | search for the definition of the word kernel |
| movie:linux | search information about the movie linux, liek reviews, showtimes etc. |
| weather:amsterdam | show the current weather of the city Amsterdam |
| cache:cnn.com | show the cached version of the website cnn.com |
| info:www.space.com | find information about the website www.space.com |
| related:www.linux.org | find websites related to www.linux.org |
Restrict search to sites with query words:
| Search option | explanation |
| allinanchor:information linux sites | search for pages that are called information linux site by others. |
| restaurants Amsterdam inanchor:junk-food | search for pages on restaurants in Amsterdam with links to the page, says junk-food. |
| allintext:ingredients cilantro chicken lime | Search for recipes with these three ingredients. |
| Dan Shugar intext:Powerlight | Find pages mentioning Dan Shugar where his company, Powerlight |
| allintitle: Google Advanced Operators | Search for pages with titles containing “Google,” “Advanced,”, and “Operators”. |
| movies comedy intitle:top ten | Search for pages with the words movie and comedy that include top ten in the title of the page.) |
| allinurl:pez faq | Search for pages containing the words pez & faq in the URL.) |
| pharmaceutical inurl:investor | Search for pages in which the URL contains the word investor. |
| flying author:Hamish author:Reid | Search for Hamish Reid’s articles on flying.) |
| ivan doig group:rec.arts.books | Search for postings about Ivan Doig in the group rec.arts.books.) |
| insubject:”crazy quilts” | Find articles containing crazy quilts in the subject line.) |
| queen location:uk | Find British news articles on the Queen. |
| Police source:dagblad | search articles on police from the dutch newspaper dagblad |
