Operators at a glance
On this page
A one-page lookup of the commands and signs you can type in the search box. The full explanation, with examples, is in Google-style operators.
#Google-style operators
Typed with your words, with no space after the colon. The Web column passes them to Google; the News column searches your other words.
| Type | Web column | News column |
|---|---|---|
site:example.com | Only that site | Ignored |
-site:example.com | Leaves that site out | Ignored |
intitle:word | The word in the page title | The word is searched |
allintitle: words | All the words in the title | The words are searched |
intext:word, allintext: words | The words in the page text | The words are searched |
inanchor:word, allinanchor: words | Pages linked with those words | The words are searched |
inurl:word, allinurl: words | The word in the page address | Ignored |
filetype:pdf, ext:pdf | Files of that type | Ignored |
after:2026-10-01 | Pages from after the date | Ignored |
before:2026 | Pages from before the date | Ignored |
related:, cache: | Passed to Google as typed | Ignored |
- Dates: a year (
2026), a month (2026-10) or a day (2026-10-01). - A minus sign in front of an operator asks for the opposite.
- Google decides how each operator behaves.
- A search with an operator stays on the tab you typed it on.
- On the All tab, the date menu adds
after:to the Web column unless you typedafter:orbefore:yourself.
#Signs on plain words
| Type | Web column | News column |
|---|---|---|
"exact phrase" | The exact phrase | The exact phrase, with a (Text) match option |
-word | Leaves the word out | Leaves the word out, with a (Text) match option |
+word | Read by Google | The word is required, with a (Text) match option |
With a (Meaning) match option, the News column reads these signs as ordinary words. See Meaning, text or both.
#Time phrases
Not operators, but typed the same way, these set the News date window when the menu is on Auto: today, yesterday, this week, last week, last month, last year, past 3 hours, last 6 months and about a thousand more. See Choose a time window.