TABLE OF CONTENTS Beyond the basic searching techniques explored in the previous chapter, Google offers special terms known as advanced operators to help you perform more advanced queries. These operators, when used properly, can help you get to exactly the information you're looking for without spending too much time poring over page after page of search results. When advanced operators are not provided in a query, Google will locate your search terms in any area of the Web page, including the title, the text, the URL, or the like. We take a look at the following advanced operators in this chapter:
intitle, allintitle
inurl, allinurl
filetype
allintext
site
link
inanchor
daterange
cache
info
related
phonebook
rphonebook
bphonebook
author
group
msgid
insubject
stocks
define
An advanced operator is nothing more than a part of a query. You provide advanced operators to Google just as you would any other query. In contrast to the somewhat free-form style of standard Google queries, however, advanced operators have a fairly rigid syntax that must be followed. The basic syntax of a Google advanced operator is operator:search_term. When using advanced operators, keep in mind the following:
There is no space between the operator, the colon, and the search term. Violating this syntax can produce undesired results and will keep Google from understanding the advanced operator. In most cases, Google will treat a syntactically bad advanced operator as just another search term. For example, providing the advanced operator intitle without a following colon...
