AND |
Finds documents containing all of the specified words or phrases. Peanut
AND butter finds documents with both the word peanut and the word butter. |
OR |
Finds documents containing at least one of the specified words or
phrases. Peanut OR butter finds documents containing either peanut or butter. The
found documents could contain both items, but not necessarily. |
AND NOT |
Excludes documents containing the specified word or phrase. Peanut
AND NOT butter finds documents with peanut but not containing butter. NOT must be used
with another operator, like AND. AltaVista does not accept 'peanut NOT butter';
instead, specify peanut AND NOT butter. |
NEAR |
Finds documents containing both specified words or phrases within 10
words of each other. Peanut NEAR butter would find documents with peanut butter,
but probably not any other kind of butter. |
( ) |
Use parentheses to group complex Boolean phrases. For example, (peanut
AND butter) AND (jelly OR jam) finds documents with the words 'peanut butter and
jelly' or 'peanut butter and jam' or both. |
anchor:text |
Finds pages that contain the specified word or phrase in the text of
a hyperlink. Finds pages that contain the specified word or phrase in the text of a
hyperlink. anchor:job +programming would find pages with job in a link and with the
word programming in the content of the page.
Do not put a space before or after the colon. You must repeat the keyword to search for
more than one word or phrase; for example, anchor:job OR anchor:career to find
pages with anchors containing either the word job or the word career. |
applet:class |
Finds pages that contain a specified Java applet. Use applet:morph
to find pages using applets called morph. |
domain:domainname |
Finds pages within the specified domain. Use domain:uk to find
pages from the United Kingdom, or use domain:com to find pages from commercial
sites. |
host:hostname |
Finds pages on a specific computer. The search host:www.shopping.com
would find pages on the Shopping.com computer, and host:dilbert.unitedmedia.com
would find pages on the computer called dilbert at unitedmedia.com. |
image:filename |
Finds pages with images having a specific filename. Use image:beaches
to find pages with images called beaches. |
like:URLtext |
Finds pages similar to or related to the specified URL. For example, like:www.abebooks.com
finds Web sites that sell used and rare books, similar to the www.abebooks site. like:sfpl.lib.ca.us/
finds public and university library sites. like:http://www.indiaxs.com/ finds sites
about culture on the Indian subcontinent. |
link:URLtext |
Finds pages with a link to a page with the specified URL text. Use link:www.myway.com
to find all pages linking to myway.com. |
text:text |
Finds pages that contain the specified text in any part of the page
other than an image tag, link, or URL. The search text:graduation would find all
pages with the term graduation in them. |
title:text |
Finds pages that contain the specified word or phrase in the page
title (which appears in the title bar of most browsers). The search title:sunset
would find pages with sunset in the title. |
url:text |
Finds pages with a specific word or phrase in the URL. Use url:garden
to find all pages on all servers that have the word garden anywhere in the host
name, path, or filename. |