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Part of the Search Engine Optimization All-in-One For Dummies Cheat Sheet
Using advanced queries in search engines enables you to mine the wealth of information they hold and help you achieve search engine optimization (SEO). Discover inbound links, related pages, synonyms, and problems with your Web site by diving into the search engine's data with the advanced search operators in the following table:
| Yahoo! | Microsoft Live Search | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| cache: | Shows the version of the Web page from the search engine’s cache | ||
| link: | link: (Note: You must type http://) |
link: | Finds all external Web sites that link to the Web page |
| linkdomain: | Finds sites that link to any page within the specified domain | ||
| related: | Finds Web pages that are similar to the specified Web page | ||
| info: | Presents information that Google has about a Web page | ||
| define: | define: | Provides a definition of a keyword | |
| stocks: (Note: Type ticker symbols separated by a space; don’t type Web sites or company names) |
Shows stock information for ticker symbols | ||
| site: | site: or domain: or hostname: | site: | Finds pages only within a particular domain and all its sub-domains |
| allintitle: | Finds pages with all query words as part of the indexed <title> tag | ||
| intitle: | intitle: or title: | intitle: | Finds pages with a specific keyword as part of the indexed <title> tag |
| allinurl: | Finds pages with all of the query words as part of their indexed URLs | ||
| url: (Note: You must type in http://) |
url: (Note: You must type in http://) |
Finds a specific URL in the search engine’s index | |
| inurl: | inurl: | inurl: | Finds pages with a specific keyword as part of their indexed URLs |
| allinanchor: | Shows pages with all of the query words as linked text in the page | ||
| inanchor: | inanchor: | Shows pages with a specific keyword as linked text in the page | |
| inbody: | Finds pages with a specific keyword in their body text | ||
| ip: (Note: The IP address you type must be a dotted quad address, such as 111.122.133.144) |
Finds sites that are hosted by a specific IP address |
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