Dig Deep Into Google

Below are the strings you can try with any URL to find more specific information about a webpage (via the Google search engine).

Steps

  1. Related: This string will return similar pages to the specified URL, for instance typing related:www.google.com will return a variety of search engines like yahoo, Hotbot and Altavista.
  2. Cache: If the webpage you are looking for no longer exists, this syntax will show you a cached version of the webpage. example: cache:wikihow.com
  3. Link: Returns a list of pages that link to the specified URL. for instance if you type Link:wikihow.com Google will show you a big list of webpages linking to WikiHow.
  4. intitle: This string will return pages that have the specified word(s) in the title, for instance typing Intitle:"How to Dig Deep Into Google" will return this page.
  5. Define: Will return with a definition of the word specified.
  6. Time This operator tell you the current time according to your location. Usage: Time NC
  7. Allinanchor: This operator tells you the position with your anchor text.
  8. site: this will search for the specified phrase in the specified website. Example site:wikihow.com "dig deep into google" or "dig deep into google" site:wikihow.com would return this page:)

Tips

  • You can also do conversions between different systems of measurement. For example, typing in "21 acres in hectares" will give the result "21 acres = 8.49839849 hectares".

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