Admin Admin You can refine searches to your choice with tye search engine search commands & operators; here is how with full explanation:
“[search terms]”: Adding search term to a double quotation mark (“”) during search, commands Search engine to bring results of exact term being quoted. e.g: “SEO” will bring all SEO related results.
OR: The word OR is use in replace of vertical pipe | to itemising words, multiple terms or operators to refine search result. Moreover, use OR in place of alternative: during search. e.g: Cat OR Dogs OR Man. e.g2: meaning OR definition of **schizophrenia.
AND:The word AND in between two or more search terms will refine results related to the search terms. e.g: Boys AND Girls rights.
imagesize:widthxheight: On image search, you can refine the image size you want search engine to return in result. e g: imagesize:1080px×1080px.
Cache:The operator cache: returns the most recent cached version of a web page (for as long as the web page is crawled and indexed). e.g. cache:sagegamut.com will return the cache version of Sage Gamut homepage.
Filetype:The operator filetype: command refine search to show results a certain file type (PDF, DOCX, TXT, PPT,3gp, mp4 etc.)
site:The operator site: limit results to a specific website. e.g. site:wikipedia.org will limit resukt to Wikipedia.org pages.
relate: The operator relate: is use to find keyword terms or sites related to the searched keyword or site. If you add a keyword term after the relate: will return results related to the keyword term. Suppose you input a site name after the relate: will return results of sites related to the niche of the site. e.g. relate:no-follow link. e.g. relate:nasdaq
*inanchor:** The inanchor: search operator, when use before keywords, will return web page results found with the same keyword you’ve specified in the anchor text. e.g. site:sagegamut.com inanchor:People.
allinanchor: The allinanchor: Search operator refine search engine to show the entire keywords/phrases in anchor text. e.g. allinanchor:keyword stuffing .To be honest, is more accurate than the regular inanchor: command.
intitle: Find web pages that contain a specific word in the title. e.g. intitle:quora
allintitle: Like intitle this finds web pages containing all of the specific words in the page title. e.g: allintitle: hecters.
inurl:inurl: This operator finds web pages with a certain word in the URL. e.g. inurl:bitcoin hackers.
allinurl: The search operator allinurl: is similar to inurl: this operator finds web pages containing all specific word in a URL’s.e.g: allinurl:beauty and the beast.
intext: The operator intext: finds pages containing a specific word or phrase in web page content and meta description. e.g. intext:copyright.
allintext: The search operator allintext: similar to in intext: will Finds results containing all of the specific words or phrases somewhere in the web page content and meta description. e.g. allintext:airbaloon incident.
postauthor: Postauthor: is a search operator that help find content somebody or brand representative has created. Just drop in their name or brand name after the operator, and’ll be able to find content created by the person or brand representative. e.g. postauthor:Abdulfattah Ogirima Yusuf.
AROUND(X): The AROUND(X): this refine to proximity search finds web pages containing two words within X words of each other. In a case of two closely related search terms, the operator be used to define the maximum distance between the two search terms. e.g. masculinism AROUND (4) feminism.
blogurl: Use before site url, the blogurl: operator when use, show all blog posts results pertaining to a searched web site’ URL. If you don’t find blog post pertaining your favourite online tool, use blogurl: operator to find. e g. blogurl:semrush.com.
stocks: The operator stock: is for investors searching for available stock to buy in certain business. You may want to use this command to research price of the company stock before investing. You are free to use company’s name or URL after the stock: operator. e g. stock:Google.
near me: The operator near me: is to find the nearest location of what you have searched. e.g. near me:football stadium.
map: The operator map: View map results for a location search. e.g:). map:England.
loc: The operator loc: view the area results for the location if the search term. The use of this operator varies from a specific area of a place, body or entity. For best result, use this for image or map searches. e.g. loc:brain seizure.
movie: Use movie: operator to find information about a specific movie. e g movie:The lord of the ring.
in: The in: operator is use to convert one unit into another (like currencies, weights, temperatures, etc.). e g. 100 hecters in yards.
weather: The operator weather: is use to refine search on weather information for a specific location. e.g. weather:England.
source: The source: operator is use to find source web page from another web site of a specific topic being searched. source:How to become financially free.
-inurl:https: The -inurl:https operator after a domain url, will remove all secured web pages of the domain and leave out the unsecured webpages. e g. how to protect your business -inurl:https.
-inurl:http: You use the -inurl:http operator to remove all unsecured web page results from ### your search, and leave out secured web pages. e.g. toothache cause inurl:http. For Your Money Or Your Life (YMYL) related searches, use inurl:https operator.
-“404 errors” : The use of -“404error” operator will remove all 404 errors web pages from your search. e.g. site:a-zanimals.com -“404 errors”
phonebook: The operator phonebook: added before someone or a company name will find the person’s or company’s phone number. e.g: phonebook:abdulfattah Ogirima Yusuf.
Customer service contact: This operator when added before someone or a company name will find the person’s or company’s contact email, phone number and contact webpage. e.g: Customer service contact:facebook.
link: Use this operator before any domain URL. Use the operator link: to find links linking from, to and within a domain.e.g link:history.com.
alternative: Use the operator alternative: before search term to find the alternatives for what is being searched. e.g. alternative:quora.
info: The operator info: use before a search term will find information about what’s being searched. e g: info:Sage Gamut.
about: the operator about: used before a search term will find the overviewed information about what’s being searched for, through the about web page. e.g. about:wikihow
meaning: use the operator meaning: before a search term to find the meaning of the search term. This operator is for collecting meaning of what’s been searched. e.g. meaning:schizophrenia.
define: The operator define: when use before a keyword, will return results of the full definition of the searched keyword. e.g. definition:tsetse fly.
list: The list: operator, when use before a keyword, will command search engines to return results of listicle web pages of the searched keyword.
reviews: When use before a search term will Instruct search engine to return results of review web pages of the search term. e.g. review:iPhone14 pro.
comparison: The search operator comparison:, is use before two related search terms for search engine to show results of their comparisons. e.g. comparison:Rooster and Cockere.
game: The Search Operator game:, is searched with a game’ name to return the exact game refining other results associated with the game name. e.g. game:Call of Duty War Zone mobile.
song: The search operator song: is searched with a song name or song verse to search a specific song. Example of use: song:live and let die.
pronunciation: The search operator pronunciation:, is to be used with a word to get the correct pronunciation of the word being searched. e.g. pronunciation:fever.
error: use error: operator before a search term to refines results to error-related content results of the search term. e.g. error:web page.
how-to: The how-to: operator, when use before a search term, refines web results to how to-related results. e.g: how-to:fly a kite.
tips: The tips: search operator refines web results to tips-related results. e.g. tips: body weight loss.
Fix:The fix: operator, when use before a search term refines results to solution-related results of the search term. e.g: fix:torn cloths.
news: use this command If you want to get news of a search term, use news: operator before the search term. e.g: news:Iran-Israel war.
pros: Use pros: before search term to refines results to advantages-related search term. e.g. pros: Large Brim Sunhat.
cons: The cons: operator is use before search term to refine results to only disadvantages of the search term. e g. cons:sugar intake.
Use: Make use of the operator use: before search term to refine results on uses-related results of a search term. e.g: use:table fan. Note, when you type in used: in place of use: the search intent changes to participle of use, which implied as already used.
cause: If you want to know the causes related results of a search term, use cause: operator before the search term. e.g: cause:Cancer.
Effect: The effect: operator placed before a search term refines results to effects-related results of the search term. e.g: effect:industrial revolution.
–: The minus sign – operator in a search use to remove a search term during search. e.g: site:moz.com -seo to remove all related SEO result from the moz.com results.
__: The underscore command search engine to show suggestions based on the letter after the the underscore during search in a case when you don’t remember the complete search. e.g. how to_b[suggestions appears here]
- : Asterisk operator serves as a wildcard and will match any word or phrase. You may want to command search engines to show result of keywords or keyphrase terms that marches with the search term being searched, add asterisk (*) to the search term. e.g. *digital marketing.
+ : When place plus + sign to a search term, you are commanding the search engine to refine the search in a such manner where the search term must-included on the results. e.g. site:wikipedia.com +seo
( ). With the parentheses () , you may want to groups multiple terms or operators to refine search result. e.g. intitle:(mango | lemon)
$: use dollar $ sign when your search term is associated with dollar currency. e.g. how much is iPhone 14 in US $
# : Use pound sign when search term is associated with naira currency, or associated with mobile code needing #. e.g. how many gold coin can i buy with #100,000, or, is ##4636## the cide for checking phone info? .
|: The vertical pipe | use in replace of OR and alternative: during search when itemising multiple terms. e.g. Cat|Man|Woman who is stronger. e.g 2. meaning|definition of schizophrenia
@: The at @ sign is use to find social media handle of a search term. e.g. @sagegamut will find all Sagegamut handles online.
#…#: Use this for ranges of numbers, years and age in a search term. e.g. 0…6years of child development. Or What happened in spain during 1939…1945?.
Next, we dive into the advanced refine searches using search commands & operators.
###Advanced search commands & operators
Important:
You can use sign, symbols, characters and/or words in your search to refine search results more precise.
Search engine usually ignores punctuation that isn’t part of a search operator. Airt: refine web searches-google.
Don’t add spaces between the sign, symbol or word and your search term. A search for site:sagegamut.com will work, but site: sagegamut.com won’t.
How to find a website’ non-secured web pages?
To find website’s non-secured web page, use:
site:[domain url] -inurl:https
Example:
’site:inresite -inurl:https`
You’ll notice the web pages shown for the searched website are all http (unsecured).
How to find a website’ secured web pages?
To find secured web pages of a website, refine your search with:
site:[domain url] -inurl:http
Example:
‘site:wikipedia.org -inurl:http’
You notice results are refined to only https (secured) type page. In this example, replace your site domain with that of Wikipedia domain!
How to find duplicate content in a website?
To find duplicate content in a site, use
site:[domain url] “add the whole content text”
Example:
’site:inresite.com “The two are very close in comparison. While No-follow link is a typical web link structure that prevents the flow of link quality flowing through the Referee website to Recipient website, Mention is not even a web link nor associated with links, but a referred word(s) related to website or web page mentioned by a referee website or webpage, and is considered important word(s), which can be a ranking factor for the website associated with the word.”
If You’d created the content before the one copied, identify by the date of publication, delete the ones which is newest!'
You will notice a dublicate content results.
How to find who copy your content?
To find who copy your web content, use intitle: and (-) exclusion operator;
intitle:[add content title] -[add your domain URL]
Example:
‘intitle:List of Web links | You Must know -inresite.com’
There will be no results from the excluded domain (your domain url). As (-) operator before the site:siteurl ensures the original content doesn’t appear in the search results. Results will all taken from sites who copied your content.
How to find guess post opportunity?
To find guest post opportunity, use inurl:”[common pitch]” | intitle:“[common pitch]”.
Example:
‘inurl:“write for us” | intitle:“write for us”’
You can replace “write for us” with other variations as explained by ahrefs:
“become a contributor”, “contribute to”, “write for me”… ypu may want to use any of these guest post pitches.
How to find a resource page for a topic?
To find a resource page for a given topic, use this search command:
intitle:[add topic] AND inurl:resource AND intitle:resource
Example:
‘intitle:digital marketing AND inurl:resource AND intitle:resource’
How to find infograph for a certain topic?
To find infograph for a topic for web linking, pitching or reusing use the command:
intitle:[add topic] AND inurl:infograph AND intitle:infograph
Example:
intitle:SEO AND inurl:infograph AND intitle:infograph
How to find relevant post of a search term for post internal linking
To look for relevant posts of a search term for post internal linking, use:
site:[your site url] -site:[blog post] “[add search term]”.
Use operator (-) to Exclude the referee post
How to find other sites that have mention a specific site?
To find out other sites that have mention a specific site, we use intext: and -url:
intext:[site name] -site:[add site url]
Example:
intext:Wikipedia -site:wikipedia.com -site:wikipedia.org
The results will show sites who mention Wikipedia without Wikipedia mentioning itself.
How to find competitors sites optimizing same topic as you?
To find competitors site optimizing same topic as you, use operators intitle: and intext: and inurl:;
intitle:[add topic] intext:[add topic] inurl:[add topic]
Example:
intitle:how to start a blog intext:how to start a blog inurl:how to start a blog
How to find a exact march of a searched keyword from forum sites and social media groups?
To find an exact march keyword on forums and community sites, use site:, intitle: and intext: and | operators. As in:
site:forum#1 | forum#2 | forum#3 | intitle:[add keyword] intext:[add keyword]
OR social media groups:
site:group#1 | group#2 | group#3 | intitle:[add keyword] intext:[add keyword]
Example:
site:reddit.com | site:quora.com | site:worriorforum.com intitle:“how to start a website” intext:“how to start a website”
How to find related terms (broad and dissimilar terms) of a search keyword in forum sites and social media group?
To find broad and dissimilar related keyword terms on defined forums or community use the operator site: together with relate:
site:forum#1 | forum#2 | forum#3 relate:[add keyword]
OR
site:group#1 | group#2 | group#3 relate:[add keyword]
Example:
site:quora.com | reddit.com | site:worriorforum.com relate:how to start a website
How to find relevant keyword or keyphrases on a defined forum sites and social media groups?
To find relevant keyword or keyphrase terms on a defined forum sites and Social media community groups, use site: and *[keyword]
site:forum#1 | forum#2 | forum#3 *[add keyword]
OR
site:group#1 | group#2 | group#3 *[add keyword]
Example:
site:quora.com | reddit.com | site:worriorforum.com *how to start a website
How to find how many web pages your competitors have optimized under certain niche?
To find how many pages does your compatitor have optimized under certain niche. site:[competors site URL] “[niche]”
Example:
site:wikipedia.org “niche”
How to find Forum sites related to your niche
To find Forum sites in your niche, use these search operators intitle: -site: to check Forum sites targeting Seed Keyword as you, through which will help you know sites that are related to your niche:
-site:[your site URL].com intitle:[“Seed keyword” +.community] intitle:[“Seed keyword” +.forum] intitle:[“Seed keyword” +.chat]intitle:[“Seed Keyword” +.group] intitle:[“Seed keyword” +.discussion] intitle:[“Seed keyword” +.forums] intitle:[“Seed keyword” +.board] intitle:[“Seed keyword” +.boards]
Example
-site:inresite.com intitle:“SEO” +.community intitle:“SEO” +.forum intitle:“SEO” keyword +.chat intitle:“SEO” +.group intitle:“SEO” +.discussion intitle:“SEO” +.forums intitle:“SEO” +.board
intitle:“SEO” +.boards
How to find sites linking to competitor’s site?
To find sites linking to competitor’s site, use: link:[competitors url] -site:[Competitor url] to exclude competitor’s internal links]
Example:
link:wikipedia.org -site:wikipedia.org
How to remove irrelevant web pages from result?
To remove irrelevant web pages from a result of a search term, use: [add topic] -“504 errors” -“xml sitemaps”.
Example:
technical seo -“404 errors” -“xml sitemaps”
How to remove sub-domains from results of a specific site?
To remove sub-domains from a result of a specific site, use:
site:[site URL] -inurl:stage -inurl:dev -inurl:staging
Example:
site:google.com -inurl:stage -inurl:dev -inurl:staging
How to define search results to top 100 web pages
In the search engine search, add keyword, append the following string at the end of a keyword: num=100. And hit search! This will show all 100 top web pages that ranked for the keyword.
Example:
The reasons for introducing Euro? num=100
Alternatively for web page, add this string at the end of URL: &num=100. And hit search! This will show you the top 100 results. Check if your web page is in the top 100 indexed list. If it doesn’t, your page might be getting filtered out of the index.
https://inresite.com/facts-lexicon/euro-was-introduced-but-why/&num=100
How to show all unfiltered results on SERP
Go back to the search engine, add keyword, and append the following string to the end of the keyword: filter=0. This will show you all unfiltered results on the SERP.
Example:
Five Whys filter=0
To check your filtered web page results on SERP, add web page URL, and append the following string to the end page URL: &filter=0. And hit search! This should show you Google’s unfiltered result.
‘https://inresite.com/facts-lexicon/five-whys-finding-the-root-cause-with-5-whys-strategy/&filter=0’
What are the search operators & commands and how to use them
In summary, search commands & operaors are sign, symbols, character, numbers or words use in defining search engine results to your taste. The commands & operators are added to a search before hitting the search button. There are over 64 search operators & commands. And there are over 19 advanced ways of using search operators and commands to better refine searches for quick and specific search.
