Google Advanced Search Operators – Google search operators are special characters and commands (sometimes called “advanced operators”) that extend the capabilities of regular text searches. Search operators can be useful for everything from content research to technical SEO audits.

To use an ASO in Google search, simply enter the ASO with a colon followed by your specific word or phrase. Let’s take a closer look at how each operator works and what they can do:

Google Advanced Search Operators With Examples

inurl:

You can use this operator to find webpages with specific words in the URL.

If you search [ inurl:print site:www.tesla.com ] on Google, you would find pages on tesla.com in which the URL contains the word “print.”

This search query would be helpful for finding pdf files in the directory or folder named “print” on the tesla.com website.

The query [ inurl:tesla cars ] will return results that mention the words “tesla” in the URL and “cars” anywhere in the document.

allinurl:

This operator helps you find a specific URL that contains a set of words. For example, [ allinurl: mining faq ] will return only documents that contain the words “mining” and “faq” in the URL. An example would be “www.bitcoinmining.com/faq/”.

blogurl:

This operators helps you find blog posts by limiting the search results to pages that are on blog URLs or subdomains. For instance, [ blogurl:wordpress ] will show you  blog articles that also have “wordpress” in the URL.

Intitle:

This operator helps you find articles with a specific word in the title. For example, [ flu shot intitle:help ] will return documents that mention the word “help” in their titles and “flu” and “shot” anywhere in the document (title or not).

allintitle:

Slightly more specific than intitle, this operator restricts results to only those containing all the query terms you specify in the title.

For instance, [ allintitle: delete facebook ] will show only results that contain both the words “delete” and “facebook” in the title.

site:

This operator restricts results to a site or specific domain. You can enter a domain name or a TLD to hone in on a specific site or type of site.

For example, [ admissions site:harvard.edu ] will show you results for “admissions” from Harvard University’s official site and [ news site:gov ] will limit a “news” search to only show .gov domains.

That’s all for Google Advanced Search Operators With Examples.