Exact term(s) | Explanation |
google: | This specifies that the search engine is google.com . If you see yahoo: then the search engine is yahoo.com |
term | term can be any word in simple text (no bold, no quotes, no nothing). This means that that term must appear in that exact way as a keyword |
[term] | the term is an optional keyword |
<terms> | the terms must be substituted with correct keywords |
"terms" | the keywords must appear between quotes |
search query | Explanation |
google:<your name> | search for your name (eg: John Doe) on google |
yahoo:"favorite song" beatles | search for "favorite song" related to beatles |
google:"<game name>" | search on google for a game using it's name as a whole (eg: "unreal tournament 2004") |
google:playing [games] | search on google for: playing or playing games. these are 2 separate searches. |