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| Here's a quick list of some of our most popular tools to help refine and improve your search. For additional help with Google Web Search or any other Google product, you can visit our main Google Help page.
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| OPERATOR EXAMPLE | FINDS PAGES CONTAINING... | |||||
| vacation hawaii | the words vacation and Hawaii . | |||||
| Maui OR Hawaii | either the word Maui or the word Hawaii | |||||
| "To each his own" | the exact phrase to each his own | |||||
| virus –computer | the word virus but NOT the word computer | |||||
| +sock | Only the word sock, and not the plural or any tenses or synonyms | |||||
| ~auto loan | loan info for both the word auto and its synonyms: truck, car, etc. | |||||
| define:computer | definitions of the word computer from around the Web. | |||||
| red * blue | the words red and blue separated by one or more words. | |||||
| I'm Feeling Lucky | Takes you directly to first web page returned for your query. | |||||
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| CALCULATOR OPERATORS | MEANING | TYPE INTO SEARCH BOX | ||||
| + | addition | 45 + 39 | ||||
| - | subtraction | 45 – 39 | ||||
| * | multiplication | 45 * 39 | ||||
| / | division | 45 / 39 | ||||
| % of | percentage of | 45% of 39 | ||||
| ^ | raise to a power | 2^5 (2 to the 5th power) |
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| ADVANCED OPERATORS | MEANING | WHAT TO TYPE INTO SEARCH BOX (& DESCRIPTION OF RESULTS) | ||||
| site: | Search only one website | admission site:www.stanford.edu (Search Stanford Univ. site for admissions info.) |
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| [#]…[#] | Search within a range of numbers |
DVD player $100..150 (Search for DVD players between $100 and $150) |
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| link: | linked pages | link:www.stanford.edu (Find pages that link to the Stanford University website.) |
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| info: | Info about a page | info:www.stanford.edu (Find information about the Stanford University website.) |
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| related: | Related pages | related:www.stanford.edu (Find websites related to the Stanford University website.) |
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