Basic Examples		Finds Pages Containing...
biking Italy		the words biking and Italy
recycle steel OR iron		information on recycling steel or recycling iron
"I have a dream"		the exact phrase I have a dream
salsa –dance		the word salsa but NOT the word dance
Louis +I France		information about Louis the First (I), weeding out other kings of France
castle ~glossary		glossaries about castles, as well as dictonaries, lists of terms, terminology, etc.
fortune-telling		all forms of the term, whether spelled as a single word, a phrase, or hyphenated
define:imbroglio		definitions of the word imbroglio from the Web

Calculator		Meaning		Type Into Search Box
+ – * /		basic arithmetic		12 + 34 - 56 * 7 / 8
% of		percentage of		45% of 39
^ or **		raise to a power		2^5 or 2**5
old units in new units		convert units		300 Euros in USD, 130 lbs in kg, or 31 in hex

Restrict Search		Meaning		What to Type Into Search Box (& Description of Results)
city1 city2		Book flights.		sfo bos (Book flights from San Francisco (SFO) to Boston (BOS).)
site:		Search only one website or domain.		Halloween site:www.census.gov (Search for information on Halloween gathered by the US Census Bureau.)
[#]..[#]		Search within a range of numbers.		Dave Barry pirate 2002..2006 (Search for Dave Barry articles mentioning pirates written in these years.)
filetype: (or ext:)		Find documents of the specified type.		Form 1098-T IRS filetype:pdf (Find the US tax form 1098-T in PDF format.)
link:		Find linked pages, i.e., show pages that point to the URL.		link:warriorlibrarian.com (Find pages that link to Warrior Librarian's website.)

Specialized Information Queries
book (or books)		Search full-text of books.		book Ender's Game (Show book-related information. Note: No colon needed after book.)
define, what is, what are		Show a definition for a word or phrase.		define monopsony, what is podcast (Show a definition for the words monopsony and podcast. Note: No colon after define, what is, or what are.)
define:		Provide definitions for words, phrases, and acronyms from the Web.		define:kerning (Find definitions for kerning from the Web.)
phonebook:		Show all phonebook listings.		phonebook: Disney CA (Search for Disney's phone numbers in California - CA.)
rphonebook:		Show residential phonebook listings.		rphonebook: bill jones NY (Search for the phone number of every Bill Jones in New York State - NY.)
movie:		Find reviews and showtimes.		movie: traffic (Search for information about this movie, including reviews, showtimes, etc.)
stocks:		Given ticker symbols, show stock information		stocks: goog (Find Google's current stock price.)
weather		Given a location (US zip code or city), show the weather		weather Seattle WA, weather 81612 (Show the current weather and forecast. Note: No colon after weather.)

Alternative Query Types
cache:		Display Google's cached version of a web page.		cache:www.irs.gov (Show Google's cached version of the US Internal Revenue Service home page.)
info: (or id:)		Find info about a page.		info:www.theonion.com (Find information about The Onion website.)
related:		List web pages that are similar or related to the URL.		related:www.healthfinder.gov (Find websites related to the Healthfinder website.)

Restrict Search to Sites Where Query Words Appear
allinanchor:		All query words must appear in anchor text of links to the page.		allinanchor:useful parenting sites (Search for pages that are called useful parenting sites by others.)
inanchor:		Terms must appear in anchor text of links to the page.		restaurants Portland inanchor:kid-friendly (Search for pages on Portland restaurants for which links to the page say they are "kid friendly.")
allintext:		All query words must appear in the text of the page.		allintext:ingredients cilantro chicken lime (Search for recipes with these three ingredients.)
intext:		The terms must appear in the text of the page.		Dan Shugar intext:Powerlight (Find pages mentioning Dan Shugar where his company, Powerlight, is included in the text of the page, i.e., less likely to be from the corporate website.)
allintitle:		All query words must appear in the title of the page.		allintitle: Google Advanced Operators (Search for pages with titles containing "Google," "Advanced,", and "Operators".)
intitle:		The terms must appear in the title of the page.		movies comedy intitle:top ten (Search for pages with the words movie and comedy that include top ten in the title of the page.)
allinurl:		All query words must appear in the URL.		allinurl:pez faq (Search for pages containing the words pez & faq in the URL.)
inurl:		The terms must appear in the URL of the page.		pharmaceutical inurl:investor (Search for pages in which the URL contains the word investor.)

Restrict Search to Google Groups
author:		Find Groups messages from the specified author.		flying author:Hamish author:Reid (Search for Hamish Reid's articles on flying.)
group:		Find Groups messages from the specified newsgroup.		ivan doig group:rec.arts.books (Search for postings about Ivan Doig in the group rec.arts.books.)
insubject:		Find Groups messages containing crazy quilts in the subject.		insubject:"crazy quilts" (Find articles containing crazy quilts in the subject line.)

Restrict Search to Google News
location:		Find News articles from sources located in the specified location.		queen location:uk (Find British news articles on the Queen.)
source:		Find News articles from specified sources.		peace source:ha_aretz (Show articles on peace from the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz.)

Restrict Search to Froogle
store:		Find Froogle products from the specified store.		jeans store:gap (Find Gap jeans.)

About This Cheat Sheet
		For more tips, tricks, & examples, visit www.GoogleGuide.com. By Nancy Blachman, Tasha Bergson-Michelson, & Jerry Peek who don't work for Google. Thank you Matt Vance for the idea of creating a Google Guide cheat sheet.