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Operators

Cheat Sheet

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Operators Cheat Sheet 2

No. Operator What does it do? Category

Deprecating?

These ones can be unreliable

1 “ ” Allows searching for a specific phrase - exact match

search. Individual word prevents synonyms Basic, Mail

2 OR Boolean search function for OR searches as Google

defaults to AND between words - must be all caps Basic, Mail

3 | Implements OR Basic

4 () Allows grouping of operators and helps dictate order Basic, Mail

5 - Excludes a word from results Basic, Mail

6 * Acts as a wildcard and will match any word or phrase Basic

7 #..# # represents a number in this instance. Use to find

numbers in a series. Basic

8 $ Allows for search of USD Basic

9 € Allows for search of Euro Basic

10 in Allows searches for unit conversion (currency, unit or

measure) Basic

11 ~ Prefix - Include synonyms (potentially defunct) Basic

12 + Prefix - Force exact match on single phrase Basic, Mail

13 daterange: Return results in a specified range (requires julian

dates) Advanced

14 link: Find pages that link to the target domain Advanced

15 inanchor: Find pages linked to with the specified anchor text/

phrase. Data is heavily sampled. Advanced

16 allinanchor: Find pages with all individual terms after "inanchor:"

in the inbound anchor text. Advanced

17 inposttile: Finds pages with keywords in their post titles

(i.e. for researching blogs)

18 define: Pulls a card response from Google displaying

the dictionary definition of the word or phrase Advanced

Operators Cheat Sheet 4

No. Operator What does it do? Category

Deprecating?

These ones can be unreliable

35 source: Use in google news, returns results from

the specified source Advanced

36 _ Acts as wildcard for autocomplete Advanced

37 blogurl: Find blog URLs under a specific domain. This was

used in Google blog search, but I’ve found it does return some results in regular search. Advanced

38 loc: Returns results for a specific location Advanced

39 location: As above but with Google news Advanced

40 info: Returns information rlated to a domain (pages with

dmain text, similar on-site pages, cache etc) Advanced

41 near Part of the google maps lazy searches e.g. book

shops near work Maps

42 Business type E.g. cafe, restaurant, bar etc will return a selection

of appropriate businesses in the are Maps

43 Petrol/Charging

Station

EV near me or perol station near me returns Maps

44 type: Allows you to search drive by file type Drive

45 owner: Allows you to search drive by owner of file

or folder Drive

46 after: Allows you to search drive or mail for files modified or

mail sent/received anytime after a set date Drive, Mail

47 before: Allows you to search drive or mail for files modified or

mail sent/received before a certain date Drive, Mail

48 to: Allows you to search drive for files shared with

a specific person Drive

49 title: Searches drive for files with the keyword

in their title alone Drive

50 source:domain Allows you to search for files or folders shared with

everyone in your business Drive

51 is:trashed Searches for the item in the Drive bin Drive

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No. Operator What does it do? Category

Deprecating?

These ones can be unreliable

52 is:starred Searches only items that have been starred

in drive Drive, Mail

53 from: Specify the sender in google mail Mail

54 to: Specify the recipient in google mail Mail

55 cc: Search by a recipient that was copied into

an email Mail

56 bcc: Search by a recipient that was blind copied into

an email Mail

57 subject: Search by keywords featured in the subject line Mail

58 {} Use for OR in mail instead of the OR function Mail

59 AROUND Similar to the normal google search function, allows

you to search for keywords near each other. Mail

60 label: Search for messages that have a certain label Mail

61 has:attachment Search for messages that have an item attached Mail

62 has:drive Search for messages with a google drive attached Mail

63 has:document Search for messages with a google doc attached Mail

64 Search for a message with a google sheet attached Mail 65 Search for a message with a google presentation attached Mail

66 has:youtube Search for a message containing a youtube video Mail

67 list: Search for all messages from a particular mailing list Mail

68 filename: Search for messages with a particular type of file

attached, or the exact name of a file Mail

69 in:anywhere Includes all folders in your search, including spam and

bin Mail